unlit
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unlit
Synonyms
black, caliginous, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous
Antonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous
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Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019 A half dozen unmarked vehicles with unlit emergency equipment were parked outside the alderman’s office Wednesday afternoon, and the building’s back door remained open as people in civilian clothing were observe working inside. — Juan Perez Jr., chicagotribune.com, "Federal agents raid ward office of South Side alderman: law enforcement source," 19 June 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars this Week: June 9-15," 9 June 2019 In Immelt’s vision, this was a chance to corner the market on lighting the unlit corners of the Earth. — Thomas Gryta And Ted Mann, WSJ, "GE Powered the American Century—Then It Burned Out," 14 Dec. 2018 Take either several short bunches of string lights or a few extra-long ones and arrange them in large swaths around and under unlit logs. — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, "Hanging Christmas Lights In Your Fireplace Is The Life Hack You Didn't Know You Needed," 17 Dec. 2018 Based on an audio recording taken from inside the business, authorities believed the man snatched a nonworking phone, a television remote, and a can of beer from the fridge, and wandered into the creepy unlit room. — Deanna Paul, Washington Post, "A man who broke into an ‘escape room’ repeatedly called 911 when he couldn’t escape, police say," 12 July 2018 Almereyda exclaims when the filmmaker materializes, an unlit cheroot in his mouth. — New York Times, "Review: A Godard Film About Making Movies Arrives in New York," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unlit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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