miscredit

mis- +‎ credit

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈkɹɛdɪt/

miscredit (third-person singular simple present miscredits, present participle miscrediting, simple past and past participle miscredited)

1. (transitive) To discredit. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (transitive) To credit incorrectly.
   • 2008, Steven Jay Schneider, One Thousand One Movies You Must See Before You Die:

     This unfortunately hasn't prevented many commentators from continuing to miscredit Flaherty as a codirector.

miscredit (uncountable)

1. discredit

• creditism, misdirect