uncommercial
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + commercial
Adjective[edit]
uncommercial (not comparable)
- 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[edit]
uncommercial (plural uncommercials)
- 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 […]
- 2001, Margaret Gallagher, Gender Setting: New Agendas for Media Monitoring and Advocacy