uncommercial

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From un- + commercial.

At a first glance it looks most unbrahminically uncommercial, but I am not disturbed, being soothed and tranquilized by their reputation. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
Eliza ended by acquiring an extremely uncommercial script which was a positive extension of her personal beauty, and spending three times as much on stationery as anyone else because certain qualities and shapes of paper became indispensable to her. — Pygmalion, Bernard Shaw
When a river in good condition can enable one to save $162,000 and a whole summer's time, on a single cargo, the wisdom of taking measures to keep the river in good condition is made plain to even the uncommercial mind. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

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