Uncommercial

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spoof advertisement created for countercultural purposes.

    "This uncommercial was turned down by CBC on the grounds that it violated standards of taste […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable. not-comparable

    "But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial […] and instead proposed an album of lullabies."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not conducive to commercial success wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
noncommercial

Example

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"But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial […] and instead proposed an album of lullabies."

Etymology

From un- + commercial.

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