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imputable

im·pu·table

uncommon

adjective

1.

(usually followed by `to') able to be 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”
  • “decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable” Charles Dickens

Origin

From impute + -able.

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