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uncollared

uncollared

5.9
Not wearing a band around the neck, often about a dog or cat
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkɑːlərd/
translation icon : sin collar
  • The stray cat was uncollared, roaming freely around the neighborhood.

Examples

  • A number of both collared and uncollared animals in the Edoro study area.

    Academic text (1992)

  • "Three scruffy black dogs, uncollared, wild and hungry-looking, came slinking through the trees and waited a few yards away from me."

  • During the hike, we saw several uncollared animals that appeared to have never had owners.

Antonyms

collared
2 3.6

Having a band of cloth or leather around the neck, for example on a shirt

Surface Forms

uncollared positive

Morphology

uncollared = collared (transparent) = un + collar + ed

The adjective is formed by negating 'collared' (wearing a collar) with the productive prefix 'un-', giving a directly deducible meaning.

Etymology

Uncollared is made of un- 'not' and collar, which is the band that goes around the 'neck' of a shirt or pet. So uncollared simply means 'not wearing a collar', like a stray dog without a tag.