Reportable

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable not-comparable
  2. 2
    Capable of being reported on. not-comparable

    "reportable data elements"

  3. 3
    Worth reporting on; constituting news. not-comparable

    "Journalists often point to the truism that the fact that all airplanes that took off today landed safely does not produce reportable news — another way of explaining why a disproportionate amount of what gets reported as news is bad news."

Adjective
  1. 1
    meriting report wordnet
  2. 2
    (of income) required by law to be reported wordnet

Example

More examples

"Journalists often point to the truism that the fact that all airplanes that took off today landed safely does not produce reportable news — another way of explaining why a disproportionate amount of what gets reported as news is bad news."

Etymology

From report + -able.

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