overattribute en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + attribute.
Meanings
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(transitive) To attribute too much.
“At such times, executives can overattribute their company’s strong performance to their own actions and abilities, rather than to the buoyant economy,” he said.
2007 June 9, Paul B. Brown, “In Corporations They Don’t Trust”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overattributed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overattributed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overattributing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overattributes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |