reportable

adj — 3 senses

reportable

adj

Etymology From report + -able.

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.

  • 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.2005, Terry Francke, The CalAware Guide to: Open Meetings in California, page 144:
Derived terms
nonreportable, unreportable

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