unlit adj 1: not set afire or burning; "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette" [syn: {unlighted}] [ant: {lighted}] 2: without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets" [syn: {lightless}, {unilluminated}, {unlighted}]