💸 Cannot be recovered 📬 Not worth collecting 😂 Unable to stay calm

uncollectable

9.1

Unable to stay calm because you cannot stop laughing

adjective
/ˌʌn.kəˈlɛk.tə.bəl/

: incontrolable

The audience was uncollectable with laughter after the comedian's final joke.

Examples

During the surprise party, he was so uncollectable that he could barely speak.
After hearing the joke, he felt uncollectable with laughter.
She became completely uncollectable when she heard the hilarious story.
She was uncollectable during the comedy show.
The audience was uncollectable with laughter during the hilarious performance.
She became uncollectable when her friend told a funny story at dinner.
He was so uncollectable after hearing the joke that he had tears in his eyes.

Synonyms

hysterical

vsuncollectable

Informal

158 3.9

Extremely emotional in a way that seems out of control

is specifically uncontrolled with laughter and loss of composure

Antonyms

calm

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

composed

20 4.3

Calm and in control of your feelings during stress

How Composed

composed

20 4.3

calm

680 1.0

unsettled

19 4.2

uncollectable

9.1

hysterical

Informal

158 3.9

Surface Forms

uncollectable positive

Morphology

uncollectable = collectable (semi-transparent) = un + collect + able

Formally 'un-' + 'collectable', but the sense 'unable to remain composed' depends on the idiom 'collect oneself' and is therefore not fully inferable from the parts by average learners.

Etymology

Uncollectable is made from un- 'not', collect 'gather', and -able 'can be'. Remember the phrase collect yourself meaning 'gather your thoughts'; if someone is uncollectable they 'cannot gather' themselves and so cannot stay calm, for example when they laugh too much.