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uncollected

uncollected adjective: not collected or gathered.

Adjective

uncollected (comparative more uncollected, superlative most uncollected)

  1. (not comparable) Not collected or gathered.
    • The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.
    • That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks.2009 July 12, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022
  2. Absent in mind; not having one's thoughts collected.

Synonyms of uncollected

Forms of uncollected

comparativemore uncollected
superlativemost uncollected

Origin of uncollected

From un- + collected.

Words formed from uncollected

Questions about uncollected

What does uncollected mean?
Uncollected means not collected or gathered.
What part of speech is uncollected?
Uncollected is an adjective.

Words near uncollected in the dictionary

  1. uncollated
  2. uncollateralized
  3. uncollectability
  4. uncollectable
  5. uncollectables
  6. uncollected
  7. uncollectedly
  8. uncollectedness
  9. uncollectibility
  10. uncollectible
  11. uncollectibles

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