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.

  1. not producing or likely to produce a profit: an artistic but uncommercial film.

Origin of uncommercial

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

Words Nearby uncommercial

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How to use uncommercial in a sentence

  • When my uncommercial travels tend to this dismal spot, my comfort is its rickety state.

    The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens
  • Such are a few of the uncommercial journeys that I was forced to make, against my will, when I was very young and unreasoning.

    The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens
  • The blushing uncommercial stands corrected, and amends the formula.

    The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens
  • Surely, it was the only public French sight these uncommercial eyes had seen, at which the expectant people did not form en queue.

    The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens
  • Disorderly pressure for some time ensued before the uncommercial unit got figured into the front row of the sum.

    The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for uncommercial

uncommercial

/ (ˌʌnkəˈmɜːʃəl) /


adjective
  1. not concerned with commerce or trade

  2. not in accordance with the aims or principles of business or trade

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