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Gratuitous

Gratuitous Meaning & Definition
Gratuitous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gratuitous?

[adj] without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
[adj] unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
[adj] costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gratuitous: complimentary | costless | free | gratis(p) | needless | uncalled-for | unmerited | unnecessary | unneeded | unpaid

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gratuitous: accorded | aimless | allowed | amorphous | arbitrary | autonomous | baseless | bestowed | biggety | bluff | bottomless | brash | capricious | casual | charitable | cheeky | chutzpadik | cocky | complimentary | contemptuous | costless | crusty | de trop | derisive | desultory | disarticulated | discontinuous | discretional | discretionary | disjunct | disordered | dispensable | dispersed | disproportionate | disrespectful | elective | eleemosynary | erratic | excess | expendable | expenseless | expletive | facy | fitful | flip | flippant | for free | for love | for nothing | formless | free | free as air | free for nothing | free gratis | free of charge | free of cost | free will | freebie | fresh | frivolous | gally | giftlike | given | God-given | granted | gratis | groundless | haphazard | hit-or-miss | immethodical | impertinent | impudent | in excess | inchoate | incoherent | indefensible | independent | indiscriminate | irrational | irregular | malapert | meaningless | misshapen | needless | nervy | nonessential | nonmandatory | nonsymmetrical | nonsystematic | nonuniform | offered | on the house | optional | orderless | pert | planless | pleonastic | proffered | prolix | promiscuous | providential | random | reasonless | redundant | rude | sassy | saucy | self-acting | self-active | self-determined | self-determining | senseless | shapeless | smart | smart-alecky | smart-ass | spare | spasmodic | spontaneous | sporadic | straggling | straggly | supererogatory | superfluous | systemless | tautologic | tautologous | to spare | unarranged | unasked | unbesought | unbidden | unbought | uncalled-for | unclassified | uncoerced | uncompelled | undirected | unessential | unforced | unfounded | ungraded | ungrounded | uninfluenced | uninvited | unjoined | unjustifiable | unjustified | unlooked-for | unmethodical | unnecessary | unneeded | unordered | unorganized | unpaid-for | unpressured | unprompted | unrequested | unrequired | unsolicited | unsorted | unsought | unsupportable | unsymmetrical | unsystematic | untaxed | ununiform | unwarranted | unwelcome | vague | verbose | voluntary | volunteer | vouchsafed | wandering | wanton | willful | willing | wise-ass | without charge

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Gratuitous In Webster's Dictionary

\Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus pleasing. See {Grate}, a., {Gratis.}] 1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange. 2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye. -- {Gra*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Gra*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.

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