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uncollected

uncollected

1 4.4
Not gathered or picked up and left where it is
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kəˈlɛk.tɪd/
translation icon : no recogido
  • The city's streets were littered with uncollected trash, attracting pests and causing health concerns.
  • uncollected garbage

So the tangled crosshatch of staples testifies to a sort of unarchive an onrush of uncollected notes that stands in contrast to the stolid pole.

Examples

  • Be aware that a bunch of the James Ramos signs are still out there uncollected.

    Blog text (5)

  • I have been rereading the individual issues, and it is striking how much uncollected material there is.

    Blog text (9)

  • There were four books, plus a loose manuscript of uncollected work.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The goal of this site is to make this useful but uncollected data available for you to use and remix however you want.

    Blog text (34)

  • But we don't know exactly how many others remain uncollected.

    Truth & Treason (2025)

  • Some of Lowell's uncollected recipes are his very best.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The state Legislature has estimated California courts are owed $500 million in uncollected fines.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The story appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and will be included when next I gather uncollected stories into a book.

    Blog text (25)

  • Yet no police showed themselves, and the block was deserted except for plastic cylinders of uncollected garbage.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Streets and alleys in their barrios, ghettos, and slums are dark, filthy, and dangerous, littered with uncollected trash, wrecked cars, and potholes.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

unharvested
vsuncollected
1 4.6

Crops left in the field that farmers did not collect

is broader and applies to any items not gathered
ungathered
vsuncollected
7.8

Not collected into one place or group

means the same but uses a different common word form
unreclaimed
vsuncollected
8.6

Left by the owner and not taken back

focuses on lack of gathering rather than ownership or claim

Antonyms

collected
3.0

Put together in one place or group

How Gathered

collected
3.0
gathered
2.2
uncollected
1 4.4
scattered
1 3.5

Surface Forms

uncollected positive

Morphology

uncollected = collected (transparent) = un + collect + ed

Formed by adding un- (negation) to 'collected' (collect+ed), producing the clear meaning 'not gathered'.

Etymology

Uncollected starts with un- meaning 'not' and has collect meaning 'to gather' or bring things together. So uncollected describes something that has not been gathered and is left in the same place, like mail, litter, or data.