uncommercial
adjective
un·com·mer·cial
ˌən-kə-ˈmər-shəl 
1
: not engaged in or related to commerce
2
: not based on commercial principles
3
: not likely to result in financial success
an uncommercial book
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For long-haul trips, consider the Southern Hemisphere for a jolt of vitamin D in a rugged, determinedly uncommercial spot, or take a dip in a memorable, albeit temporary, Japanese onsen.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
What does a filmmaker like Reichardt, who has spent her entire career making delicate, unapologetically uncommercial films, think about the current indie film landscape?
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2025
Despite a seemingly uncommercial script full of ambiguous menace that constantly intimated and never confirmed that supernatural forces were in play, The Witch earned more than ten times its $4 million budget.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Never has an album this uncommercial blossomed into a structurally experimental musical and succeeded with Broadway crowds and critics, nabbing four 2024 Tony nominations, including best musical.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 May 2024
Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
The WTF Album is another beast entirely — a blatantly uncommercial record with almost zero chance of moving product, as the industry likes to say.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
For the Masses was meant as a tongue-in-cheek joke about what the band considered an uncompromising and uncommercial album.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Mar. 2023
That is, Pages stacked the deck in favour of the quirky, the prickly, the heroically uncommercial.
—Jason Guriel, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
What does a filmmaker like Reichardt, who has spent her entire career making delicate, unapologetically uncommercial films, think about the current indie film landscape?
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2025
Despite a seemingly uncommercial script full of ambiguous menace that constantly intimated and never confirmed that supernatural forces were in play, The Witch earned more than ten times its $4 million budget.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Never has an album this uncommercial blossomed into a structurally experimental musical and succeeded with Broadway crowds and critics, nabbing four 2024 Tony nominations, including best musical.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 May 2024
Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
The WTF Album is another beast entirely — a blatantly uncommercial record with almost zero chance of moving product, as the industry likes to say.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
For the Masses was meant as a tongue-in-cheek joke about what the band considered an uncompromising and uncommercial album.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Mar. 2023
That is, Pages stacked the deck in favour of the quirky, the prickly, the heroically uncommercial.
—Jason Guriel, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
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“Uncommercial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncommercial. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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