unignited
Lacking any flame
Unignited means not set on fire or not yet burning.
The term appears in technical contexts—fire safety, chemistry, engineering—describing fuel, gas, or other combustible material that hasn't caught flame: unignited propellant, The spark failed and the mixture remained unignited.
Not burning or glowing
- unlightedNot providing light
- firelessLacking flames or combustion
- flamelessLacking open combustion
- sparklessHaving no flash
lightless · dark · cold · dead · extinguished · unburning · unfired · unstarted
Present but inactive
- dormantInactive but capable
- readySuitable for use now
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- primedMade ready beforehand
loaded · charged · untapped · unrealized · inactive · quiescent · stored · reserved
Not destroyed by fire
- rawIn original state
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- stableSecure and unchanging
- unexplodedFailed to discharge
unspent · unused · fresh · stockpiled · stored · fuelwood · kindling · tinder
Free from peril
- stableSecure and unchanging
- secureProtected from harm
- controlledKept within limits
- containedKept within limits
undetonated · unexploded · defused · neutralized · dormant · harmless · risk-free · unfused
unlit
Not burning or glowing
sparkless · lightless · dark · cold · dead · extinguished · unburning · unfired · unstarted · untouched
latent
Present but inactive
primed · loaded · charged · untapped · unrealized · inactive · quiescent · stored · reserved · pending
unburned
Not destroyed by fire
unexploded · unspent · unused · fresh · stockpiled · stored · fuelwood · kindling · tinder · propellant
safe
Free from peril
- stableSecure and unchanging
- secureProtected from harm
- controlledKept within limits
contained · undetonated · unexploded · defused · neutralized · dormant · harmless · risk-free · unfused · disarmed