underattribute.
To attribute insufficiently or inadequately.
Meaning & usage
To attribute insufficiently or inadequately. To underestimate the role of some specified factors in causing (a particular outcome, action, or state of affairs).
To attribute insufficiently or inadequately. To tend to mistakenly believe that (a certain quality) is not present when, in fact, it is.
To attribute insufficiently or inadequately. To misattribute a work of art by asserting that the artist is a less renowned one than it actually is.
Where this word comes from
From under- + attribute.
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