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gratuitous
[ gruh-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo- ]
adjective
- being without apparent reason, cause, or justification:
It looks to me like a baseless and gratuitous insult—like you have a huge chip on your shoulder.
Synonyms: gratis, groundless, unreasonable, redundant, superfluous, unnecessary
- given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; complimentary.
- Law. given without receiving any return value.
gratuitous
/ ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs /
adjective
- given or received without payment or obligation
- without cause; unjustified
- law given or made without receiving any value in return
a gratuitous agreement
Derived Forms
- graˈtuitousness, noun
- graˈtuitously, adverb
Other Words From
- gra·tu·i·tous·ly adverb
- gra·tu·i·tous·ness noun
- non·gra·tu·i·tous adjective
- non·gra·tu·i·tous·ness noun
- un·gra·tu·i·tous adjective
- un·gra·tu·i·tous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of gratuitous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gratuitous1
Example Sentences
It also declares that the amendment would “repeal constitutional protections against gerrymandering approved by nearly three-quarters of Ohio electors participating in the statewide elections of 2015 and 2018,” a gratuitous reference to the failed reforms of the previous decade.
That press conference came in the shadow of the Hur report, in which the special counsel made a gratuitous comment about Biden being an elderly man with a bad memory.
The GOP, already the party of sexism, is getting more gratuitous with its toxic masculinity.
The GOP, already the party of sexism, is getting more gratuitous with its toxic masculinity.
As to the sex and the violence, yes, we’ve seen the frescoes and mosaics and know the Romans had inventive erotic lives, but on streaming television, these scenes, which arrive with regularity, come across as tediously gratuitous.
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