Meanings
comparative more uncollected · superlative most uncollected
- 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 - 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcollect
- Englishcollected
- Englishuncollected
Translations
Greek αμάζευτος, ανείσπρακτος
- αμάζευτος (amázeftos)not collected
- ανείσπρακτος (aneíspraktos)not collected
Italian inesatto
- inesattonot collected
Latin illēctus
- illēctusnot collected
Cite this entry
uncollected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected
“uncollected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncollected,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncollected.
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