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[ gruh -too -i-tuh s, -tyoo - ] SHOW IPA
/ grəˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult.
Law . given without receiving any return value.
Origin of gratuitous 1650–60; <Latin grātuītus free, freely given, spontaneous, derivative of grātus thankful, received with thanks (for formation cf. fortuitous); see -ous
SYNONYMS FOR gratuitous 2 unnecessary, superfluous, redundant; causeless, unreasonable, groundless, unprovoked, unjustified.
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OTHER WORDS FROM gratuitous gra·tu·i·tous·ly, adverb gra·tu·i·tous·ness, noun non·gra·tu·i·tous, adjective non·gra·tu·i·tous·ly, adverb
non·gra·tu·i·tous·ness, noun un·gra·tu·i·tous, adjective un·gra·tu·i·tous·ly, adverb un·gra·tu·i·tous·ness, noun
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gratuitous gracious, gratis, gratuitous Words nearby gratuitous gratis, gratitude, grattage, Grattan, grattoir, gratuitous , gratuitous contract, gratuity, gratulant, gratulate, gratulation
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Example sentences from the Web for gratuitous And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.
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But God forbid a TV series premieres pushing out gratuitous emotion and gratuitous feeling.
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The Israeli soldiers, my age, sat impassively on a bench while babies cried and a man complained about gratuitous humiliation.
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His story is largely devoid of wanton violence and gratuitous sex.
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There was justified violence—going after al Qaeda—and then there was gratuitous violence.
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She also prepared for gratuitous distribution a large number of four-page leaflets on the most common farm pests.
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Never did a periodical receive such an amount of gratuitous advertising.
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The convicts have not broken out; but an epidemic of gratuitous mendacity has done so, it appears.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 5, 1890 | Various
France rejected entirely the principle of gratuitous transit.
The Development of Rates of Postage | A. D. Smith
When coinage is free and gratuitous , these two values are the same.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
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British Dictionary definitions for gratuitous 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 of gratuitous gratuitously , adverb gratuitousness , noun Word Origin for gratuitous C17: from Latin grātuītus, from grātia favour
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