as in darkened
being without light or without much light
she stumbled over something in the unlit hallway
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In the unlit depths of the ocean, where food is scarce, and chance encounters are rarer still, anglerfish have evolved one of nature’s most bizarre mating approaches.
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
These frigid, unlit craters may contain frozen water—a key mystery for future study.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
After about a half-hour, the truck stopped behind an unlit home overlooking Russian positions a few kilometers away.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The part of Menchaca Road that has several bars is unlit and does not have sidewalks.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Unlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlit. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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