reportable

reportable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English report
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English reportable

    From report + -able.

    Adjective

    reportable (not comparable)

    1. (of a disease etc) That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable
    2. Capable of being reported on.
      reportable data elements
    3. Worth reporting on; constituting news.
      • 2005, Terry Francke, The CalAware Guide to: Open Meetings in California, page 144:
        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.

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