uncollected

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adjective

Not collected or gathered.

“The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.”

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveuncollected (comparative more uncollected, superlative most uncollected)

comparative more uncollected · superlative most uncollected

  1. not comparableNot collected or gathered.

    The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.

    1 more example

    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: uncomposed, untogether

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAbsent in mind; not having one's thoughts collected.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot brought together in one place

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcollect
  9. Englishcollected
  10. Englishuncollected

From un- + collected.

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Translations

Greek αμάζευτος, ανείσπρακτος
  • αμάζευτος (amázeftos)not collected
  • ανείσπρακτος (aneíspraktos)not collected
Italian inesatto
  • inesattonot collected
Latin illēctus
  • illēctusnot collected
Cite this entry
APA

uncollected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected

MLA

“uncollected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncollected,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected.

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