unreportable

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Definition

Adjective: 1. Not required or allowed to be formally reported: Describes information, especially of a financial or legal nature, that does not need to be officially declared or recorded with an authority. 2. Not suitable or fit to be reported: Can describe information considered too trivial, confidential, or inappropriate for public disclosure.

Usage

The adjective "unreportable" is primarily used in formal, legal, or administrative contexts to classify information. It modifies a noun to indicate that the noun (e.g., income, detail, event) is exempt from reporting requirements. - It is often used in the negative construction "not unreportable" to emphasize that something must be reported. - It can describe financial details, news events, or data points.

Examples

• Financial/Legal Context:
  • The accountant clarified that the small gift was an unreportable benefit.
  • Certain types of minor income are unreportable to the tax authorities.
  • The transaction fell below the threshold, making it unreportable.
• General/Media Context:
  • The editor deemed the celebrity gossip unreportable due to a lack of credible sources.
  • Many minor incidents are unreportable and are handled internally.

Advanced Usage

• "unreportable income": A specific financial term for earnings that do not need to be declared on official forms, often because they are below a legal threshold or are of a type explicitly excluded by law.
  • He had some unreportable income from casual babysitting last year.

Variants and Related Words

• Reportable (adj.): The direct antonym, meaning required or suitable to be reported.
  • Any income over $600 is reportable.
• Unreported (adj.): Describes information that has not been reported, regardless of whether it was required to be. This is different from "unreportable," which indicates an exemption from the requirement.
  • The accident went unreported to the police. (It may or may not have been required.)

Synonyms

• Nondeclarable: Not required to be declared.
• Exempt (from reporting): Officially freed from an obligation.
• Discretionary (to report): Left to individual judgment.

Antonyms

• Reportable
• Declarable
• Notifiable

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of income) not reportable; not required by law to be reported
   • very little income is unreportable