imputation

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noun im·pu·ta·tion \ ˌim-pyə-ˈtā-shən \

Definition of imputation

1 :the act of imputing: such as

a :attribution, ascription

b :accusation

denied any imputation of unfairness

c :insinuation

2 :something imputed

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imputative

play \im-ˈpyü-tə-tiv\ adjective

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imputatively

adverb

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Examples of imputation in a Sentence

I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money.

Recent Examples of imputation from the Web

Additional with other duties during a six-year term, Milford’s mayor would budget the city, with department leaders and warden imputation.

— Cincinnati.com, "Column: Civic cogency collection of Milford," 30 Aug. 2017
Gil McVean spelled out how this will work by applying early 1KG data to results from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium using the process of genotype imputation.

— daniel macarthur, WIRED, "Major themes from Biology of Genomes meeting," 8 May 2009

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