underlit

[ uhn-der-lit ]

adjective

1. lacking adequate light.

Word History and Origins

Origin of underlit¹

under- + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Emily, gaunt and strung out, spends a great deal of time padding around their grimly underlit house dressed only in jeans and a bra.

From Time

And his loyalty almost always mars the look of his films, as with every underlit Eastwood picture ever.

From The Daily Beast

I half-expected him to barnstorm out in riding boots and harangue us, Mussolini-style, underlit from a plinth.

From The Daily Beast