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noncommercial

noncommercial \noncommercial\ adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises. Opposite of commercial. [Narrower terms: {nonprofit, non-profit-making ]

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noncommercial

a. Not engaged in commerce.

WordNet
noncommercial

adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises [ant: commercial]

Usage examples of "noncommercial".

Licensor and indicated in the title of this License: Attribution, Noncommercial, ShareAlike.

They are good shots, fine horsemen, ready speakers and ardent politicians, but, like all noncommercial people, they flounder hopelessly in what people of this section would consider simple mathematical processes.

However, all individual stories and poems in this magazine are copyright c 2001 by their respective authors or artists, who have granted Planet Magazine the right to use these works for this issue in both electronic form and any resulting print-outs by readers for noncommercial, individual use.

However, all individual stories and poems in this magazine are copyright c 2002 by their respective authors or artists, who have granted Planet Magazine the right to use these works for this issue in both electronic form and any resulting print-outs by readers for noncommercial, individual use.

He played for a packed house in the main auditorium of the Arts Complex, with the program televised nationwide via the noncommercial channels.

MONDAY, MAY 19 SPRING LAKE, THE town where I grew up, boasts two miles of pristine beaches and the longest stretch of oldfashioned, noncommercial boardwalk in all of New Jersey.

By stark contrast, the Internet, a noncommercial entity which officially did not even exist, had no advertising budget at all.

It was just the kind of unproductive, noncommercial afternoon that was beginning to make dope-smokers so unpopular with corporate America.

On the way up, Sammy captured shots of the noncommercial boardwalk and the immaculate beach.

We also found that Earth isn't interested in the nonedible or noncommercial at the moment.

And if not a corporation, how about a noncommercial research laboratory?