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newsworthy, a.|ˈnjuːzwɜːðɪ|
[f. news n. (pl.) + worthy a.]
Of sufficient interest to the general public to warrant mention in the news. Also ˈnewsworthily adv.; ˈnewsworthiness.
1932Time 15 Feb. 4/2 Time is grateful for support and criticism of its policy, and repeats its promise to cause the minimum of offense in respect to newsworthy oaths. 1936L. C. Douglas White Banners v. 88 The manner of the taciturn chemist's departure had doubled the insurance his widow would have received in the event of his having died less newsworthily. 1940Harper's Mag. Nov. 588a The Nazi offensive..is, judging from our newspapers, apparently the only newsworthy topic on Latin America. 1951L. Z. Hobson Celebrity (1953) x. 145 They were finding his speech a shade less newsworthy than they were supposed to. 1957Observer 29 Sept. 10/7 His lot is harder than Mr. Colvin's, if not so newsworthy. 1960‘M. Cronin’ Begin with Gun vii. 82 A celebrated French modiste who had become eminently newsworthy..had consented to be interviewed. 1961Guardian 22 Mar. 10/4 Publicity-conscious people..make ‘newsworthiness’ a determinant of their actions. 1967G. Playfair Prodigy vii. 167 His newsworthiness had dwindled. 1969Listener 24 July 113/2 Not that by living life more newsworthily one could hope to provide more than the raw material. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 89 They might get a lot of newsworthy items, but no exclusives. 1972M. Williams Inside Number 10 xiv. 345 While the general public will know the names of the political heads of the more newsworthy ministries, there is rarely any knowledge of the names of the permanent features of the departments, the Civil Service heads. 1973Guardian 13 Apr. 11/2 The newsworthiness of the [Black Panther] movement. |