uncommercial

English

Etymology

un- +‎ commercial

Adjective

uncommercial (not comparable)

1. Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable
   • 2007, January 1, “Stephen Holden”, in Hush, Little Baby, Mama’s Crooning^[1]:

     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 […]