uncollectible

adjective un·col·lect·ible \ ˌən-kə-ˈlek-tə-bəl \

Updated on: 1 May 2018

Definition of uncollectible

: 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

Recent Examples of uncollectible from the Web

But changing trends in retail toward local presence for faster delivery have resulted in the vast majority of large out-of-state online businesses now collecting those previously uncollectible taxes.

— chris cox, WSJ, "Sales Tax Revenue Isn’t Collapsing," 19 Apr. 2018
Might be a collections rep for IRS The IRS likely would have given these taxpayers hardship status and classified their debts as currently uncollectible if the tax agency had handled the accounts itself, Olson wrote.

— kevin mccoy, USA TODAY, "IRS private debt-collection program hurts low-income Americans," 10 Jan. 2018
Debt that is at least six years old — about $304.3 million of the $634 million total — would be deemed uncollectible and forgiven.

— kathleen gray, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan House votes to end hated driver responsibility fees; Senate version disagrees," 2 Nov. 2017

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