collected dust
Gathered airborne particles
To collect dust is to sit unused or neglected for a long time, accumulating the literal dust that settles on stationary objects: That exercise bike has just collected dust since January.
The phrase emphasizes abandonment—something bought with good intentions but forgotten, or a project started but never finished.
- airborneTraveling through air
- fine particlesVery small solid fragments
- neglectFailure to provide care
- air qualityPollution level measurement
- air filterDevice removing airborne particles
particles · filtration · impermanence · passage of time · debris · soot · erosion · cobwebs · under the bed · remnants · memory · history · forensic analysis · ash · preservation · powder · dander · sediment
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