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gratuitous

[ gruh-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification:

    It looks to me like a baseless and gratuitous insult鈥攍ike you have a huge chip on your shoulder.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; complimentary.
  3. Law. given without receiving any return value.


gratuitous

/ 伞谤蓹藞迟箩耻藧瑟迟蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. given or received without payment or obligation
  2. without cause; unjustified
  3. law given or made without receiving any value in return

    a gratuitous agreement

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 驳谤补藞迟耻颈迟辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 驳谤补藞迟耻颈迟辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉 adjective
  • non路驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路驳谤补路迟耻路颈路迟辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gratuitous1

First recorded in 1650鈥60; from Latin 驳谤腻迟耻墨迟耻蝉 鈥渇ree, freely given, spontaneous,鈥 derivative of 驳谤腻迟耻蝉 鈥渢hankful, received with thanks鈥 (for formation fortuitous ); -ous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gratuitous1

C17: from Latin 驳谤腻迟耻墨迟耻蝉, from 驳谤腻迟颈补 favour
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Whatever premise appears valid about Trumpism today will look stupid tomorrow; policies are proposed, enforced, insisted upon in court with gratuitous lies and then partly recanted or fully reversed.

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He stripped Krebs of his security clearance, and in an act of sheer, gratuitous malice, he did the same to the people Krebs works with at his security firm.

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When Negron sent Scott his first draft of 鈥淢odville,鈥 the director made him dial back some of the more controversial and gratuitous elements.

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The horror factor, however, takes a back seat when Ally and Jay share comically gratuitous moments of rom-com schmaltz.

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The flurry - or slurry, as his critics see it - of social media posts from Mr Musk include not just gratuitous insults and ignorance, but falsehoods.

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