adjective
- incorrectly assigned or credited to the wrong source, author, or cause
Examples
- The famous quote was misattributed to Einstein for decades.
- Many misattributed paintings have been discovered in museum collections.
- The researcher found that the discovery had been misattributed to the wrong scientist.
- Social media often spreads misattributed quotes and false information.
- The poem, long misattributed to Shakespeare, was actually written by an unknown author.
- Art historians work to identify misattributed works in private collections.