imputable
/im'pju:təbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being assigned or credited to: Used to describe something (typically a cause, responsibility, fault, or quality) that can be attributed or ascribed to a particular person, source, or factor.
Usage
The adjective "imputable" is used to formally indicate that a specific cause or source can be identified for an action, event, or outcome. It is often followed by the preposition "to."
Examples
- Adjective:
- The success of the project is imputable to the team's hard work.
- Any financial losses are imputable to poor management decisions.
- The mistake was imputable to a lack of clear communication.
Advanced Usage
- Legal and Formal Contexts: "Imputable" is frequently used in legal, academic, and formal writing to discuss liability, causation, or credit.
- The court found the damages were imputable to the defendant's negligence.
- Philosophical Context: In discussions of ethics, an action may be described as imputable to an agent, meaning they can be held morally responsible for it.
- For an action to be morally significant, it must be freely chosen and imputable to the individual.
Variants and Related Words
- Impute (verb): To attribute or ascribe (something, especially something undesirable) to a person or cause.
- He imputed the failure to bad luck.
- Imputation (noun): The act of imputing; an attribution or accusation.
- She rejected the imputation of dishonesty.
Synonyms
- Ascribable: Capable of being ascribed.
- Attributable: Capable of being attributed.
- Assignable: Capable of being assigned or credited.
- Referable: Capable of being referred to a cause.
Antonyms
- Nonimputable: Not capable of being imputed.
- Unattributable: Not capable of being attributed to a specific cause.
Adjective
- capable of being assigned or credited to
- punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading
- the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain
- the oversight was not imputable to him