underlit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underlit
Example Sentences
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However, there are scenes where the film is frustratingly dim and underlit, even if it might be justified by the power going out during a storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Additionally, throughout there remains a suppressed color palate that keeps the presentation looking a bit underlit, with occasional pale skin tones and some sickly-hued scenes that enforce a gritty realism.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
We found the obvious jankiness of this underlit digital photo hilarious.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2019
The deer come back, “spirits drifting, foraging, so many / souls of the damned,” a peril to the couple driving late at night on underlit roads.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2016
In her eyes, we were a class of “bad kids,” though we had no guidance and no structure and had been sentenced to a grim, underlit room in the basement of the school.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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