unillumined

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adjective

Not illumined; unlit.

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Meanings

adjectiveunillumined (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot illumined; unlit.

    [A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.

    1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 300

Origin

From un- + illumined.

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APA

unillumined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unillumined

MLA

“unillumined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unillumined. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unillumined,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unillumined.

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