adj
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Meanings
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1
adj
not provided with light; dark or unilluminated
They climbed the unlighted staircase by touch.
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2
adj
not set alight or burning
Two unlighted candles stood beside the empty fireplace.
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adj
· not set alight or burning
unlitunignited
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Etymology
Formed in English from un- ("not") + lighted, the past participle of light. It can describe either a place without illumination or something not yet ignited.