1. to attribute or ascribe (something, especially something bad) to someone or something
Usage: formal
2. to regard as being caused by or resulting from
Usage: formal

Examples

• The report imputes the company’s failure to poor management.
• She imputes his success to hard work and dedication.
• The critic imputes selfish motives to the politician’s actions.
• He imputes the accident to driver negligence.
• The study imputes rising crime rates to economic inequality.
• Don’t impute malicious intent where none exists.
• The historian imputes the war’s outcome to superior strategy.