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uncollected en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English collect English -ed English collected English uncollected From un- + collected.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not collected or gathered.
   • 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:
   • The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.
2. Absent in mind; not having one's thoughts collected.

Forms

Deriveds

uncollectedness · uncollectedly

Synonyms

uncomposed · untogether

Translations (9)

gv neuchruinnit (not collected) · gv neuhroggit (not collected) · la illēctus (not collected) · el ανείσπρακτος (not collected) · sh нескупљен (not collected) · el αμάζευτος (not collected) · sh neskupljen (not collected) · it inesatto (not collected) · gv neuhaglit (not collected)