How to Use misattribute in a Sentence

misattribute

verb

• Hoffman’s counter is that most of that pain is being misattributed.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
• Some of what’s driving the seed oil panic isn’t wrong — it’s just misattributed.
  — Cole Hanson, STAT, 22 May 2026
• Part of Devtov’s concerns include that the public will falsely believe there is a connection between the two developers and misattribute their projects to each other.
  — Alexandra Phelps july 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
• Indicators can be so subtle and nonspecific that doctors tend to misattribute them to other, more common, ailments—which can delay diagnosis, sometimes for years.
  — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
• This story has been updated to correct a quote that was misattributed to Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez.
  — Sofia Baltodano, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
• Extreme heatwaves increasingly force power plants to reduce output, a problem often misattributed solely to nuclear safety.
  — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
• Although Fournier later deleted his posts about Rehberg and acknowledged they were misattributed, Donovan said corrections never have the same amount of engagement as the initial post.
  — Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• Her child molesting trial ended in mistrial in November after a detective misattributed an answer during his testimony.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
• Earlier this year, One Sheet also misattributed quotes from Reliable Sources, Press Gazette, and NeimanLab.
  — Max Tani, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
• Judge Gina Jones declared a mistrial in November after a detective misattributed an answer during his testimony.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
• But too many women experience delays in diagnosis because of symptoms being dismissed or misattributed to anxiety, stress, or other non-cardiac issues, WomenHeart reports.
  — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
• The errors have ranged from relatively minor pronunciation gaffes to significant changes to story content, like misattributing or inventing quotes and inserting commentary, such as interpreting a source’s quotes as the paper’s position on an issue.
  — Max Tani, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025