NONCOMMERCIAL Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

noncommercial

adjective

Definition of noncommercial

as in unmarketable

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Recent Examples of noncommercial Matthew Stone, a noncommercial pilot and supporter of the airport, said Horvath is preventing safety measures from being installed by freezing FAA capital project funding. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 6 May 2026 Nonprofit institutions and commissions have been established to ensure a balance between commercial and noncommercial content and incentives. — Güven Özdoyran, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026 Registration and renewal costs for noncommercial vehicles — those weighing 8,000 pounds or less — can range from $24 to $140 for a standard Idaho license plate. — Hali Smith may 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2026 Those would include whittling landscape watering down to two days a week and barring other outdoor water uses, like running ornamental fountains, noncommercial pressure washing and washing cars. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for noncommercial

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Adjective

They have been used ever since, except for Super Bowl 50, where the number was used instead because NFL ad designers felt Super Bowl L was too unattractive and unmarketable.

— The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
The project sat in relative limbo until 2024 as prospective producers balked at the dark subject matter and nonlinear storytelling, deeming the movie unmarketable.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026

Definition of unmarketable

Adjective

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.

— 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

Definition of uncommercial

Adjective

Whatever’s unsalable will be delivered to the project for sorting, reuse and recycling.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly.

— Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021

Definition of unsalable

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