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UNLIGHTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unlighted mean?
• UNLIGHTED (adjective)
The adjective UNLIGHTED has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: UNLIGHTED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not set afire or burning
Synonyms:
unlighted; unlit
Context example:
held an unlit cigarette
Similar:
unkindled (not set afire)
Antonym:
lighted (set afire or burning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without illumination
Synonyms:
lightless; unilluminated; unlighted; unlit
Context example:
through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Context examples
For the first several times they walked freely, side by side, and after that it was arms around the waists, and heads against the fellows' shoulders where the streets were unlighted.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Martin Eden, with blood still crawling from contact with his brother-in- law, felt his way along the unlighted back hall and entered his room, a tiny cubbyhole with space for a bed, a wash-stand, and one chair.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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