Gratuitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
  • adj. Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
  • adj. Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified: gratuitous criticism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Given freely; unearned.
  • adj. Not called for by the circumstances; uncalled-for; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; unjustified.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.
  • adj. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Freely bestowed or obtained; costing nothing to the recipient.
  • Unnecessary; not required; not warranted by circumstances or reason; uncalled for: as, a gratuitous insult.
  • Unwarranted, unnecessary, groundless.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. without cause
  • adj. costing nothing
  • adj. unnecessary and unwarranted
    • Equivalent
    unmerited    unpaid    unnecessary    unneeded   
    Antonym
    onerous   
    Cross Reference
    deed   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    free    groundless    unnecessary    baseless    unfounded   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unprovoked    unwarranted    needless    groundless    unjustifiable   
     
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