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uncommercial

[ uhn-kuh-mur-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
  2. not in accordance with commercial principles or practices.
  3. not producing or likely to produce a profit:

    an artistic but uncommercial film.



uncommercial

/ ˌʌ԰əˈɜːʃə /

adjective

  1. not concerned with commerce or trade
  2. not in accordance with the aims or principles of business or trade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uncommercial1

First recorded in 1760–70; un- 1 + commercial
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Example Sentences

Signed at the age of 14, she had to fight to make the music she wanted - after years of being told her songs were too abrasive and uncommercial.

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“Some of these things are really unproven, uncommercial kinds of technologies,” Kelley says.

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The 25-year-old split with Polydor in 2021 and went on to score her first ever number one single with Escapism, a song they had refused to release because it was deemed uncommercial.

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Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial.

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It also seemed a decidedly uncommercial undertaking, utterly lacking in romance or action.

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