unlit

Other forms of unlit

comparative

unlitter·

superlative

unlittest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unlit

What does unlit mean?

unlit means "not set afire or burning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unlit?

unlit has 2 syllables: un-lit. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unlit?

Close synonyms include unlighted, lightless, unilluminated, unlighted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unlit a common word?

unlit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.