uncollected

Example Sentences

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Garbage in Havana goes uncollected, and public transport is collapsing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The BLS “carried forward” prices from September to stand in for the uncollected October values, economists at J.P.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Strikes have led to rubbish piling up, with uncollected waste several feet high in some streets in the first few months, amid complaints of rats, foxes and seagulls tearing open plastic bags.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 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

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