Meanings
adjectiveuncommercial (not comparable)
- not comparableNot commercial; often specifically not commercially viable.
But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial […] and instead proposed an album of lullabies.
2007 January 1, Stephen Holden, “Hush, Little Baby, Mama’s Crooning”, in The New York Times
noununcommercial (plural uncommercials)
plural uncommercials
- A spoof advertisement created for countercultural purposes.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot conducive to commercial success
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Italic*merks
- Latinmerx
- Latincommercium
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latincommerciāli
- Frenchcommercia
- Englishcommercial
- Englishuncommercial
From un- + commercial.
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APA
uncommercial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommercial
MLA
“uncommercial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommercial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncommercial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommercial.
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