uncollectible
adjective
un·col·lect·ible
ˌən-kə-ˈlek-tə-bəl 
: not capable of or suitable for being collected : not collectible
uncollectible loans/debt
Once deemed uncollectible because it can be easily reproduced, the photograph is now as common to the auction halls as a still life.—
Douglas Davis
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Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
In addition, medical debt considered uncollectible for patients whose income is at or below at least 350% of the federal poverty level will be relieved under the program, as will past medical debt exceeding 5% of a person’s annual income.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is for state government to pay $6.5 million to a charitable organization that purchases uncollectible medical debt from hospitals, whereupon the charity will offer the hospitals 1 cent per dollar of debt and the hospitals will agree to sell at that rate.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2024
Even with such vetting, there will be claims that appear to be uncollectible, but a collection agency may still try—and win.
—Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Some of those accounts remain closed and are written off by DTE as uncollectible debt.
—Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2023
But was the award so large as to be uncollectible?
—Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
The lender deems the loan uncollectible and charges off the loan.
—Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
Those accounts were found to be uncollectible in March 2021, according to two administrative orders, requiring them to be sent to the collection unit in the Maryland budget office.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2022
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
In addition, medical debt considered uncollectible for patients whose income is at or below at least 350% of the federal poverty level will be relieved under the program, as will past medical debt exceeding 5% of a person’s annual income.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is for state government to pay $6.5 million to a charitable organization that purchases uncollectible medical debt from hospitals, whereupon the charity will offer the hospitals 1 cent per dollar of debt and the hospitals will agree to sell at that rate.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2024
Even with such vetting, there will be claims that appear to be uncollectible, but a collection agency may still try—and win.
—Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Some of those accounts remain closed and are written off by DTE as uncollectible debt.
—Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2023
But was the award so large as to be uncollectible?
—Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
The lender deems the loan uncollectible and charges off the loan.
—Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
Those accounts were found to be uncollectible in March 2021, according to two administrative orders, requiring them to be sent to the collection unit in the Maryland budget office.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2022
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“Uncollectible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncollectible. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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