uncollectible
/ʌn.kəˈlɛktɪbl̩/adjective, noun
uncollectible is an adjective meaning “That cannot be collected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-B-L-E and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does uncollectible mean?
adjective
- 1
That cannot be collected.
noun
- 1
Something, such as a bad debt, that cannot be collected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce uncollectible?
- /ʌn.kəˈlɛktɪbl̩/
Uncollectible has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of uncollectible
- uncollectable
- uncollectibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is uncollectible?
Uncollectible appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does uncollectible come from?
From un- + collectible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).