unkindled

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adjective

Not kindled (lit, or set alight).

Similar
unlightedunlit
OriginEnglish kindled ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunkindled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot kindled (lit, or set alight).

    But "blind oblivion" obscured the memory of this ordinance, and the altars remained unkindled.

    1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 132
  2. broadlynot comparableNot aroused, awakened or stirred.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot set afire

Similar
unlightedunlit
Also see
unlightedunlit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishkindled
  9. Englishunkindled

From un- + kindled.

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APA

unkindled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkindled

MLA

“unkindled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkindled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unkindled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkindled.

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