The phrase "attributed to a weakness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the cause of a problem or issue that is believed to stem from a lack of strength or capability.
Example: "The team's failure to meet the deadline was attributed to a weakness in their project management skills."
Alternatives: "linked to a deficiency" or "ascribed to a shortcoming."
At first she sees it as "a pointless ache in my neck and shoulders, which I dimly attributed to a structural weakness in my body"; once she realizes that it is chronic, she compares it to "a sour domestic partner — intimate and ugly; a threatening, dirtying, distracting presence, yet one who refused to move out".
The Vγ1.1Vδ6.3 phenotype is attributed to an intrinsic weakness of Id2 transcription from Id2 C57BL/6 allele, leading to an overall reduced dosage of Id proteins.
According to Schintgen and Förster (2013), the development of the Mesozoic TLB is attributed to a synsedimentary zone of weakness of SW-NE orientation along a Permian graben system.
The victory of al-'As is attributed to a combination of Arab strategy, Byzantine weakness, and the influence of Gaza's Arab residents.
Although some of the weakness can be attributed to an unexpected decline in business inventories (which may well reverse course), consumer spending and corporate investment were also disappointing.
These findings are attributed to the relative weakness of (weak) hydrogen bonds in comparison to Coulomb interactions in buffer.
Mr. Klein said that could be partly attributed to broader weakness in the economy and competition from tablets.
The bank also reported a big drop in profit in the Asia-Pacific region, which it attributed to economic weakness early in 2009.
The fact that such a general atmospheric factor correlates so closely with medium timescale elevation change is attributed to relative weakness of biological binding and burrowing at this site, and more-so to the overwhelming dominance of the physical regime, especially the tidal current and the wind wave regime.
This positive Trendelenburg sign may be attributed to: (1) weakness of hip abductors due to long-standing disuse; (2) pressure atrophy of the tissues interposed between the angulated proximal femur and the lateral wall of the pelvis which subsequently permits some of adduction and a return of the positive Trendelenburg sign.
