unlit
Awaiting a match
Unlit describes something not illuminated or not burning.
An unlit room has no light on.
An unlit cigarette hasn't been lit yet.
The word often implies darkness or potential: She fumbled through the unlit hallway, He held an unlit match.
Absence of light
- shadowLight blocked by object
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- blacknessComplete absence of light
- obscurityState of being unknown
twilight · dusk · moonless · starless · pitch-black · murky · lightless · unilluminated
Extinguished by pinching
- dousedWet or extinguished completely
- quenchedSatisfied a craving
- smotheredDeprived of air
- deadNo longer alive
cold · out · spent · fireless · flameless · unfired · darkened
dark
Absence of light
obscurity · twilight · dusk · moonless · starless · pitch-black · murky · lightless · unilluminated · shadowy
snuffed
Extinguished by pinching
dead · cold · out · spent · fireless · flameless · unfired · darkened
unused
Never put to purpose
unignited · unfired · unburning · waiting · ready · prepared · standing · untouched · virgin · fresh
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
shrouded · invisible · unseen · camouflaged · cloaked · secret · covert · undiscovered · masked · unexposed