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unillumined

unillumined adjective: not illumined; unlit.

Adjective

unillumined (not comparable)

  1. Not illumined; unlit.
    • [A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 300

Origin of unillumined

From un- + illumined.

Questions about unillumined

What does unillumined mean?
Unillumined means not illumined; unlit.
What part of speech is unillumined?
Unillumined is an adjective.

Words near unillumined in the dictionary

  1. unillumed
  2. unilluminable
  3. unilluminated
  4. unilluminating
  5. unillumination
  6. unillumined
  7. unillus
  8. unillusioned
  9. unillusive
  10. unillusory
  11. unillustrated

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