English edit

Etymology edit

un- +‎ commercial

Adjective edit

uncommercial (not comparable)

  1. Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable
    • 2007 January 1, Stephen Holden, “Hush, Little Baby, Mama’s Crooning”, in New York Times[1]:
      But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial [] and instead proposed an album of lullabies.

Noun edit

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 []