1. a claim or suggestion that someone has done something wrong or undesirable
2. the action of regarding something as being caused by a particular thing or person
Usage: formal
3. the practice of replacing missing data with substituted values
Usage: statistics

Examples

• The imputation of fraud against the company proved to be unfounded.
• She rejected any imputation of dishonesty in her business dealings.
• The imputation of blame to external factors was unconvincing.
• His reputation suffered from the imputation of incompetence.
• The imputation of motives is often unfair without evidence.
• Statistical imputation helped complete the incomplete dataset.
• The researcher used multiple imputation techniques for missing values.