Unlit Definition & Meaning

unlit
adjective
  1. not set afire or burning; "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette"
  2. without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"

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