Sentence examples for attributed to the wrong from inspiring English sources

The phrase "attributed to the wrong" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where something is mistakenly assigned or credited to an incorrect source or person.
Example: "The error in the report was attributed to the wrong individual, leading to unnecessary blame."
Alternatives: "assigned to the incorrect" or "credited to the wrong".

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Even on museum Web sites, the men's works are now occasionally attributed to the wrong Church.

Glitchy, low-quality files had abounded on Napster – files misnamed or mistagged, files attributed to the wrong artist, files with glaring audio flaws.

Another bioterror attack on this country could catapult us into war if it is as poorly investigated as the last one and if, based on faulty investigation, it is attributed to the wrong foreign state.

Van der Bellen, a retired economics professor and former leader of Austria's Green party, said he accepted the decision but could understand that some voters felt "unsettled" by the ruling, especially since there was no indication that any votes had been attributed to the wrong candidate.

Lesser numbers were caused by complacency, lack of knowledge (the finding was identified but attributed to the wrong cause in both cases) and poor communication (abnormality identified, but intent of report not conveyed to the clinician).

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this story, the films that won for Sound Editing at the 85th Oscars were attributed to the wrong editors.

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Soul singer Syl Johnson is considering suing the rappers over a clip on Watch the Throne, which the liner notes attribute to the wrong publishing company.

The observed contrast is attributed to the presence of Ga Ga and P P wrong bonds at APBs.

Indeed, within hours of the reports emerging Bassiouni was quoted as saying the views attributed to him were "wrong," but as yet has failed to clarify what was wrong about them and what his real views on the implementation of the report are.

Thus, failures in systems engineering cannot credibly be attributed to implementation of the wrong systems engineering process among alternatives.

Officially, some of the deaths are attributed to muggings gone wrong – a major case in 2013 revealed a gang of four men and a 14-year-old had robbed 40-year-old Simon Brass and drowned him by pushing him into the canal – or drunk misadventure.

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