uncollected

adjective un·col·lect·ed \ ˌən-kə-ˈlek-təd \

|Updated on: 25 Jun 2018

Definition of uncollected

: not collected: such as

a : not gathered into one place, body, or mass

a book of thirteen previously uncollected stories

streets littered with uncollected trash

b : not yet paid

uncollected debt

uncollected taxes

checks drawn against uncollected funds

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Few people have known of that obligation, and fewer still have complied: 96% of such taxes go uncollected, according to a California tax board estimate cited by the court.

— laura stevens, WSJ, "Supreme Court Rules States Can Collect Sales Tax on Web Purchases," 22 June 2018
City tax officials estimate more than $9 million will go uncollected from local businesses this year -- money that otherwise would have gone into the city fund that pays mostly for police, fire and parks operations.

— gordon r. friedman, OregonLive.com, "Portland sues historic Roseway Theatre for unpaid taxes," 31 May 2018
Other tolls go uncollected because the state cannot match a license plate with an address.

— adam vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, "1.3 million cars have slipped through Mass. toll gantries," 24 May 2018
Trash piling up in the streets goes uncollected, breeding swarms of flies and emitting a pungent stench.

— scott smith, Fox News, "Maduro's backers press socialism amid Venezuela's nightmare," 17 May 2018
Trash piling up in the streets goes uncollected, breeding swarms of flies and emitting a pungent stench.

— Washington Post, "Maduro’s backers press socialism amid Venezuela’s nightmare," 17 May 2018
The next phase had drivers tag unacceptable bins and leave them uncollected.

— mike danahey, Elgin Courier-News, "Audit shows Elgin residents are getting better at recycling," 5 May 2018
Unclaimed Baggage Center has lured visitors to Scottsboro for years selling the contents of luggage that ended up uncollected on planes, buses, trains and trucks.

— william thornton, AL.com, "Unclaimed Baggage Center president to head Alabama Retail Association board," 27 Apr. 2018
Few consumers ever do this, however, which means upward of $17.2 billion in sales taxes go uncollected each year.

— alex paladino, Recode, "E-commerce companies don’t pay local sales taxes. They need to get serious about fixing that.," 17 Apr. 2018

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