uncollected
未回収
解説 Definition
まだ回収されていない状態。集められるべきものがまだ集められていないこと。
If something is uncollected, it has not been picked up, gathered, or received yet. It is often used for objects, money, information, or waste that is still left where it was. The word usually suggests that collection is expected but has not happened.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
collect「集める」が分かれば、collected はまず「集められた」。そこに un- が付いて uncollected で「まだ集められていない」と追えます。collection, collector と同じ仲間でまとめて覚えると定着しやすい語です。uncollected fees, taxes, payments のように、料金・税金・支払いなど“回収待ち”の文脈で頻出。unpaid は「未払い」、unclaimed は「持ち主に受け取られていない」で少し違うので区別すると覚えやすいです。
See the parts: `un-` means "not yet," and `collected` means "picked up" or "gathered." Picture uncollected rent, taxes, trash, or packages still waiting for someone to come and deal with them. Compare it with `unpaid` (the payer has not paid) and `unclaimed` (no one has come to take it).
例文
Several uncollected parcels were piling up at the post office.
いくつかの未回収の小包が郵便局で積み上がっていた。
The uncollected garbage attracted pests to the neighborhood.
未回収のゴミが近隣に害虫を引き寄せた。
There are still uncollected debts from last year that need to be addressed.
昨年の未回収の債権がまだあり、対処が必要だ。
uncollected の類義語・関連語
uncollected の語源・成り立ち Etymology
uncollected は un-「〜でない」+ collected の形で、collect はラテン語 colligere「集める」に由来します。col- は「共に」、-lect は「集める・選ぶ」に通じ、関連語に collection, recollect があり、『集められていない』から未回収の意味になります。
Uncollected is formed from un- and collected. Collect comes from Latin colligere, meaning to gather together, from parts meaning together and gather or choose. The basic sense was bringing things into one place, and uncollected later meant not gathered, not picked up, or not brought together. Related words include collection and recollect.
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