unilluminated

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Such an orbit would take approximately two hours, with, on average, nearly half of it over the unilluminated hemisphere, but obversely, that same amount of time would be spent over the sunlit half.

From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2023

For now, though, there is something to be said for letting Bella’s weird and wondrous story seep into the public imagination unilluminated — and also perhaps undiluted — by an actor’s commentary.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Lee Newman’s pictures of bones are rough and meaty, while Mark Karnes’s fluorescent lightbulb is sketchy and gray, ironically unilluminated.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2019

It was hung at eye level, and even unilluminated, the chrome-and-glass box had a certain aesthetic appeal.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2018

We can imagine our ancestors gazing idly up on some night a hundred thousand years ago and noting a strange cloud arising from the unilluminated part of the Moon, suddenly struck by the Sun’s rays.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan