UNLIT

lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit

(adjective) without illumination; ā€œcame up the lightless stairsā€; ā€œthe unilluminated side of Marsā€; ā€œthrough dark unlighted (or unlit) streetsā€

unlighted, unlit

(adjective) not set afire or burning; ā€œthe table was bare, the candles unlightedā€; ā€œheld an unlit cigaretteā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unlit (not comparable)

Not lit

Anagrams

• nutil, until

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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