uncollectible

adjective

un·​col·​lect·​ible ˌən-kə-ˈlek-tə-bəl How to pronounce uncollectible (audio)
: 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

Examples of uncollectible in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Therefore, $10,000 is totally uncollectible and therefore worthless. Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 1 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncollectible was in 1796

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“Uncollectible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncollectible. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

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