unlitun‧lit /ˌʌnˈlɪt◂/ adjective 
Examples
an unlit stairway
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- an unlit parking lot
- Behind the gasoline pumps the unlit garage stood like a huge black shadow.
- The path was unlit, and she needed a torch to find her way.
- Carefully, she descended into an unknown, unlit room.
- Heart thudding uncomfortably in my chest, I ran up the unlit stone stairs of the tenement.
- One day the fire remained unlit because every member of the Hauxwell family was stricken with flu and unable to move.
- One of them, doubtless the Substitute Prosecutor, was on his feet, playing with an unlit pipe.
- The horrific attack happened in Middlesbrough as the victim was walking along an unlit path.
- Too many bright lights can create a glaring contrast between the lit and unlit areas.
- Within minutes the crowd had dispersed, leaving the frontage of the Theater an der Wien unlit and deserted.
Longman Language Activatordark and with little or no light► dark
Word family if a place is dark , there is little or no light: · Thick curtains covered the windows and the room was very dark.· I shrank back into the darkest corner of the room, and prayed that the soldiers would not see me.· No, you can't play outside, it's too dark.· It was a dark night and he was afraid they might get lost if they went across the fields.· Anyone who disobeyed him ran the risk of getting beaten up in a dark alley, or even killed.
► pitch dark/pitch black completely dark, so that nothing can be seen: · It's pitch dark in there. I can't see a thing.· Inside the cellar it was pitch black.
► gloomy a gloomy place or room is not at all bright or cheerful - use this especially in stories or written descriptions: · The bar was gloomy and smelled of stale cigar smoke.· I never liked visiting Dr Allen in his gloomy old study.
► dingy a room, street, or place that is dingy is fairly dark and usually dirty and in bad condition: · He ate lunch in a dingy little cafe next to the station.· The room was damp and dingy.
► darkened a darkened room or building is darker than usual, especially because its lights have been turned off or there are no lights: · The prisoner lay in a darkened room.· The production opens with a darkened stage, and the sound of a woman singing softly.
► dimly-lit an area or building that is dimly- lit is fairly dark because the lights there are not very bright: · a long, dimly-lit corridor· Madame Gloriana led the way into a dimly lit back room.
► unlit an area, building, or room that is unlit is dark because there are no lights on there: · The path was unlit, and she needed a torch to find her way.· Behind the gasoline pumps the unlit garage stood like a huge black shadow.
WORD FAMILYnounlightlighterlightinglightnessadjectivelightlightedunlitverblightlightenadverblightlylight
dark because there are no lights: an unlit stairway