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uncommercial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial English uncommercial From un- + commercial.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not 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:

Deriveds

uncommercially

uncommercial en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial English uncommercial From un- + commercial.

Meanings

1. 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:

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