reportable
/ɹɪpˈɔɹtəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable
adj
Worth reporting on; constituting news.
Example Sentences
- "reportable data elements"
- "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
Etymology tree English report Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reportable From report + -able.