gratuitous
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.
given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; complimentary.
Law. given without receiving any return value.
Origin of gratuitous
1Other words for gratuitous
1 | unnecessary, superfluous, redundant; causeless, unreasonable, groundless, unprovoked, unjustified |
2 | gratis |
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·ness, noun
- un·gra·tu·i·tous, adjective
- un·gra·tu·i·tous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with gratuitous
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How to use gratuitous in a sentence
In other words, that which characterises social perfection is the gratuitousness of credit.
Essays on Political Economy | Frederic BastiatProperty, Community, are two ideas correlative to the ideas of onerosity and gratuitousness, on which they are founded.
Harmonies of Political Economy | Frdric BastiatIn other words, that which characterizes social perfection is the gratuitousness of credit.
Sophisms of the Protectionists | Frederic BastiatThe object of this solicitude shook her head with a smile at its gratuitousness.
The Grandissimes | George Washington Cable
British Dictionary definitions for gratuitous
/ (ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs) /
given or received without payment or obligation
without cause; unjustified
law given or made without receiving any value in return: a gratuitous agreement
Origin of gratuitous
1Derived forms of gratuitous
- gratuitously, adverb
- gratuitousness, noun
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