overattributing

Verb

overattribute (third-person singular simple present overattributes, present participle overattributing, simple past and past participle overattributed)

1. (transitive) To attribute too much.
   • “At such times, executives can overattribute their company’s strong performance to their own actions and abilities, rather than to the buoyant economy,” he said.2007 June 9, Paul B. Brown, “In Corporations They Don’t Trust”, in New York Times

   Antonyms:

   underattribute