uncollected
Example Sentences
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Images of uncollected garbage rotting on Havana’s streets have been broadcast across the globe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Garbage in Havana goes uncollected, and public transport is collapsing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The American Red Cross reported that due to the cancellation of blood drives, more than 2,500 blood donations went uncollected in western North Carolina.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Maria Licona, a 55-year-old resident who was forced to evacuate her home, told AFP she feared that uncollected dead animals would spread disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
It has found me here on this island, in our little town, in a back alley where sleek boys smoke in a stairwell amidst the day’s uncollected refuse.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
