unlighted

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adjective

Not lit.

“I hate walking into an unlighted room; the monsters might eat me.”

Similar
unlitunkindledlightlessunilluminateddark
Opposite
lighted
OriginEnglish lighted ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunlighted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot lit.

    I hate walking into an unlighted room; the monsters might eat me.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot set afire or burning

Similar
unlitunkindled
Opposite
lighted

adjectivewithout illumination

Similar
lightlessunilluminatedunlitdark
Also see
lightlessunilluminatedunkindledunlit

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. Englishlighted
  9. Englishunlighted

From un- + lighted.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неосветен
  • неосветен (neosveten)not lit
Dutch onverlicht
  • onverlichtnot lit
Esperanto senluma
  • senlumanot lit
Hungarian kivilágítatlan
  • kivilágítatlannot lit

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

undelight
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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