uncollected

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ collected.

Adjective

uncollected (comparative more uncollected, superlative most uncollected)

  1. (not comparable) Not collected or gathered.
    The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.
    • 2009 July 12, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in The New York Times:
      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.
  2. Absent in mind; not having one's thoughts collected.
    Synonyms: uncomposed, untogether

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