unlighted

Adjective

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. not set afire or burning“the table was bare, the candles unlighted”“held an unlit cigarette”Synonyms: unlitOpposite lightedSimilar unkindled
  2. without illumination“came up the lightless stairs”“the unilluminated side of Mars”“through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets”Synonyms: lightlessunilluminatedunlitOpposite lightSimilar dark
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Unlighted

Formed with the prefix un- (“not”): To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them. See lighted.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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