uncollectible
/ˌʌn.kəˈlek.tə.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · [ənkəlˈɛktɪbəl] /ˌʌn.kəˈlek.tə.bəl/ (ame, ipa) · [ənkəlˈɛktɪbəl] /ˌən-kə-ˈlek-tə-bəl How to pronounce uncollectible (audio)/ (ame, mw)
uncollectible — 形容詞
- uncollectiblepositive
- more uncollectiblecomparative
- most uncollectiblesuperlative
1. describes a debt or amount of money that a business or person cannot get back be
無法收回
指債務或欠款無法收回
describes a debt or amount of money that a business or person cannot get back because the person who owes the money cannot or will not pay it
The bank wrote off the unpaid loan after deciding the debt was uncollectible.
銀行在判定這筆貸款無法收回後將其註銷。
pattern: write off as uncollectible
Hiro received a letter stating that his overdue taxes had been classified as uncollectible.
Hiro 收到一封信，指出他逾期未繳的稅款已被列為無法收回。
passive: classified as uncollectible
The agency sold uncollectible accounts to a debt buyer for pennies on the dollar.
該機構將無法收回的帳戶以極低的價格賣給了債務買家。
When the borrower filed for bankruptcy, the credit card company labeled the remaining balance uncollectible.
當借款人申請破產時，信用卡公司將剩餘餘額標記為無法收回。
- bad
used as a technical term in accounting (bad debt), more common in everyday business language
- irrecoverable
more formal, common in legal documents; overlaps in meaning but less frequent in casual business contexts
- unrecoverable
similar to irrecoverable; often used for debts and also for data or losses, so slightly broader in scope
- collectible
the direct opposite — able to be collected or recovered
文法句型
uncollectible + noun
declared uncollectible
considered uncollectible
written off as uncollectible
用法筆記
Typically found in financial, banking, and legal contexts. The noun it modifies is almost always a type of debt or financial obligation — loan, account, tax, receivable, or balance. Common verb partners include 'write off', 'classify as', 'declare', 'label', and 'consider'.