noteworthy
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of noteworthy
Explanation
If you keep a journal, you probably write the day's most noteworthy events in it, or the most remarkable things that happen to you. Something is described as noteworthy when it's worth taking interest in it. Your teacher's enormous new beehive hairdo might be noteworthy to you, while her insight into the history of your town might be less noteworthy. The adjective noteworthy is a compound word made from note plus worthy; in other words, if something's worthy of making a note about it, it's noteworthy.
Vocabulary lists containing noteworthy
Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"
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Part 3 Vocabulary (Unit 1)
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for December 15–December 21, 2024
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Also noteworthy: owner Steve Ballmer won’t be sitting courtside after being banned by the NBA for a year as part of the team’s steep punishment for circumventing salary-cap rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
It was noteworthy that beyond a broad reference to Labour's opponents on the Right, the party's rivals didn't get a mention in a speech lasting more than an hour.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
If the only historical data investors focused on were from the other 127 of the past 130 years, it’s highly doubtful that October’s volatility would be thought to be noteworthy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
When master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson opened it in 2004, hardly any noteworthy restaurants existed in Boulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
As for the New York World-Telegram, it proclaimed that Bobby’s managing to avoid a loss in his first European tournament “highlighted a noteworthy turn in chess history.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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