词汇 | uncollected |
释义 | uncollected adjective uk /ˌʌn.kəˈlek.tɪd/ us /ˌʌn.kəˈlek.tɪd/ If something is uncollected, it has not been collected: piles of uncollected rubbish The US state had at least $600 million in uncollected taxes. Uncollected prescriptions are a common problem among medical practices. The post office retains uncollected mail for 30 days. Because of the strikes, mounds of rubbish lie uncollected in the streets. The audit found that about half of recent fines remain uncollected. City officials estimate there is at least £2 million in uncollected revenue from parking tickets. Taking things away from someone or somewhere appropriate bear away carry someone away carry something off collect someone/something from somewhere debug divest someone of something drain drain (something) away drainage dredge expropriate relieve removal remove rob root something/someone out rout someone out shear sweep You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Collecting and amassing uncollected | Business Englishuncollected adjective TAX, BANKINGuk /ˌʌnkəˈlektɪd/us not paid: The company was told it owes $1 million in uncollected sales taxes. Eventually, uncollected bills for the uninsured get paid for by taxpayers or through higher insurance premiums. Examples of uncollecteduncollected No one could recall any problems other than administrative ones resulting from uncollected prescriptions. In routine work it is customary for observers to collect a sample of 50 eggs off the plants of record, brushing off those uncollected. Current common practice of disposing of uncollected prescriptions therefore seems to be safe. In addition to leaving fines uncollected, the privy council limited the impact of recusancy laws in other ways. However, the nature of this relationship has never been adequately documented, largely because the principal documentary evidence - their correspondence - remains uncollected. Data on uncollected prescriptions issued from at least four up to eight weeks previously were collected from 16 practices. Many uncollected prescriptions were due to administrative causes: few resulted from patient error or forgetfulness. Few practices had a formal system for dealing with uncollected prescriptions and most practices shredded them with no further action. To attempt to find out why prescriptions were uncollected, 10 practices were revisited. There is no agreed definition of an uncollected prescription. No adverse events arising from uncollected prescriptions were reported. All suitable patients who had uncollected prescriptions from 10 practices were invited to participate in a telephone interview. Many causes for uncollected prescriptions appear to be administrative rather than compliance issues and are rarely due to patient error or forgetfulness. A significant proportion of the tax potential remained uncollected. How are these imaginary constructs to be explained when so much of the historical evidence about them is fragile, intangible, uncollected and uncatalogued? See all examples of uncollected These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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