unlit

/ ʌnˈlɪt /

adjective

1. not having lighting; unilluminated

   avoid unlit streets after dark

2. not having been ignited

   tapping his unlit cigarette

Example Sentences

Mr Hill said he remembered one investigation that involved a car travelling at night around the bend of an unlit country road.

From BBC

They said the wrecked car appeared "all of a sudden" with no lights on an unlit part of motorway, making it "really hard to see it until the last moment".

From BBC

This, of course, was my mother’s worst nightmare: Traveling solo, I’d been coaxed by a stranger into an unlit building in a remote Saudi village, within a volatile border area that the U.S.

From New York Times

I grab the first thing I see—an unlit candle—and I chuck it at DD.

From Literature

As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.

From New York Times

Related Words

• black
• cloudy
• darkened
• dim
• dingy
• drab
• dull
• foggy
• gloomy
• misty
• murky
• overcast
• shadowy
• somber