uncollected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He took office in 1966 and left the city with piles of uncollected garbage and a fiscal mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The American Red Cross reported that due to the cancellation of blood drives, more than 2,500 blood donations went uncollected in western North Carolina.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
Maria Licona, a 55-year-old resident who was forced to evacuate her home, told AFP she feared that uncollected dead animals would spread disease.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
The Poems of Seamus Heaney includes all 12 of the late poet's collections, alongside a selection of "uncollected" poems that originally appeared in newspapers, journals and magazines under different pen names.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
It has found me here on this island, in our little town, in a back alley where sleek boys smoke in a stairwell amidst the day’s uncollected refuse.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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