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Webster 1828 Edition


Uncommercial

UNCOMMER'CIAL

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Adj.
Not commercial; not carrying on commerce.

Definition 2024


uncommercial

uncommercial

English

Adjective

uncommercial (not comparable)

  1. Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable
    • 2007, January 1, “Stephen Holden”, in Hush, Little Baby, Mamas Crooning:
      But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial [] and instead proposed an album of lullabies.

Noun

uncommercial (plural uncommercials)

  1. A spoof advertisement created for countercultural purposes.
    • 2001, Margaret Gallagher, Gender Setting: New Agendas for Media Monitoring and Advocacy
      This uncommercial was turned down by CBC on the grounds that it violated standards of taste []