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Misattribution

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misimputationnounA wrong or misleading imputation.
misascriptionnounThe result thereof: an incorrect ascription; for example, the ascription of a quality to someone or something which does not possess it, or the ascription of a quotation to someone who did not originate it.
misidentificationnounAn instance of misidentifying; an erroneous identification.
misprisionnoun(law, chiefly historical) (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
misclassificationnounThe act or process of misclassifying.
misaccusationnounAn act of misaccusing; a false accusation.
misinterpretationnounAn instance of misinterpreting.
mis-associationnounAlternative form of misassociation. [A false, misleading, or incorrect association.]
misassociationnounA false, misleading, or incorrect association.
misconstructionnounA misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
misperceptionnounAn incorrect perception.
misnotificationnounThe act of misnotifying.
misnamingnounThe act of calling something by its wrong name
misestimationnouninaccurate estimation.
misjudgmentnounAn act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.
misjudgementnounAlternative form of misjudgment. [An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.]
misallegationnounAn erroneous statement or allegation.
misonomynounThe phenomenon of being misnamed.
mishearingnounThe act of hearing something incorrectly.
miscatchnounThe act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble.

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