garbage collected

adjective

Featuring garbage collection.

“Java is a garbage collected language.”

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Meanings

adjectivegarbage collected (not comparable)

alternative garbage-collected

  1. not comparablecomputingFeaturing garbage collection.

    Java is a garbage collected language.

  2. not comparablecomputingSuscepible to garbage collection.

    You should use a garbage collected class here.

  3. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see garbage, collected.
verb

alternative garbage-collected

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of garbage collect
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APA

garbage collected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20collected

MLA

“garbage collected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20collected. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garbage collected,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20collected.

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