imputed

[ im-pyoo-tid ]

adjective

1. estimated to have a certain cash value, although no money has been received or credited.

Other Words From

• unim·puted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of imputed¹

First recorded in 1905–10; impute + -ed ²

Example Sentences

People on the left get this point when they scoff at the imputed Tea Party slogan, "Keep your government hands off my Medicare."

From The Daily Beast

The double entendres turned on his physical doughiness as a metaphor for imputed political softness.

From The Daily Beast

In the others, it is that righteousness imputed through grace to each believer.

From Project Gutenberg

None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.

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Rash and arrogant sayings were imputed to him, and perhaps invented for him.

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We have imputed to the Koran a great number of foolish things which it never contained.

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The king and his brother imputed the misfortune of their father, Charles I, to the want of a regular army.

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