Definition of uncommercial in English:
uncommercial
adjectiveʌnkəˈməːʃ(ə)lˌənkəˈmərʃəl
Not making, intended to make, or allowing a profit.
they are producing a glossy magazine at a cost that is totally uncommercial
Example sentencesExamples
- It was Korda's own favourite of his films, but the downbeat story of an artist at odds with society was uncommercial, and with two flops in a row and large new studios at Denham to run, Korda temporarily hung up his directorial hat.
- I did feel pressure to make the movie personal and idiosyncratic, even if it meant being uncommercial or making some viewers scratch their heads and go, ‘What the hell was that?’
- The trade-off is, I get to go make something uncommercial that will probably lose money.
- These were independent works, shot mostly with actors unknown outside Denmark, dismissed as perverse and uncommercial and thus poorly distributed beyond Europe.
- A few indies have stood out, but works of significant art, or important social comment, have been largely seen as uncommercial.
- It's highly uncommercial to have the story meander like this without narrative momentum.
- Dorati was working on Decca at the time to let him record all 104 symphonies by the uncommercial Joseph Haydn.
- Marginal discoveries are those that would appear to be uncommercial to develop using traditional methods but are perhaps economically attractive should some innovative ideas be applied.
- Joel's idea was that if you spent one cent per e-mail then spamming would become uncommercial.
Definition of uncommercial in US English:
uncommercial
adjectiveˌənkəˈmərSHəlˌənkəˈmərʃəl
Not making, intended to make, or allowing a profit.
Example sentencesExamples
- I did feel pressure to make the movie personal and idiosyncratic, even if it meant being uncommercial or making some viewers scratch their heads and go, ‘What the hell was that?’
- The trade-off is, I get to go make something uncommercial that will probably lose money.
- A few indies have stood out, but works of significant art, or important social comment, have been largely seen as uncommercial.
- Joel's idea was that if you spent one cent per e-mail then spamming would become uncommercial.
- It's highly uncommercial to have the story meander like this without narrative momentum.
- Marginal discoveries are those that would appear to be uncommercial to develop using traditional methods but are perhaps economically attractive should some innovative ideas be applied.
- Dorati was working on Decca at the time to let him record all 104 symphonies by the uncommercial Joseph Haydn.
- It was Korda's own favourite of his films, but the downbeat story of an artist at odds with society was uncommercial, and with two flops in a row and large new studios at Denham to run, Korda temporarily hung up his directorial hat.
- These were independent works, shot mostly with actors unknown outside Denmark, dismissed as perverse and uncommercial and thus poorly distributed beyond Europe.