uncollected

adj — 2 senses

uncollected

adj

Etymology From un- + collected.

1

Not collected or gathered.

  • The barman glanced around in search of uncollected glasses.
  • 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:
2

Absent in mind; not having one's thoughts collected.

Derived terms
uncollectedly, uncollectedness

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