uncommercial
Americanadjective
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not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
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not in accordance with commercial principles or practices.
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not producing or likely to produce a profit.
an artistic but uncommercial film.
adjective
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not concerned with commerce or trade
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not in accordance with the aims or principles of business or trade
Etymology
Origin of uncommercial
First recorded in 1760–70; un- 1 + commercial
Example Sentences
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Great artists major in defiance and minor in delusion: You will want to see what I have to offer, and love it, even if it is unfamiliar, disquieting and as ravishingly uncommercial as “Architecton.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
“Some of these things are really unproven, uncommercial kinds of technologies,” Kelley says.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2023
The 25-year-old split with Polydor in 2021 and went on to score her first ever number one single with Escapism, a song they had refused to release because it was deemed uncommercial.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022
Arise! assert thy manhood, and attest The uncommercial spirit in thy breast.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose
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