uncollectible

uncollectible
adjective
not capable of being collected
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a bad (or uncollectible) debt

Syn: ↑bad
Similar to: ↑invalid

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I. \\“+\ adjective
: not capable of being collected

an uncollectible debt

II. noun (-s)
: an uncollectible account : a bad debt

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/un'keuh lek"teuh beuhl/, adj.
1. that cannot be collected: an uncollectible debt.
n.
2. something, as a financial obligation, that cannot be collected: an increase in the company's uncollectibles.
Also, uncollectable.
[UN-1 + COLLECT1 + -IBLE]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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