gratuitous
/gruh-TOO-ih-tus/adjectiveuncalled for; done free of charge
“The review's gratuitous cruelty said more about the critic.”
- Synonyms
- unwarranted, unjustified, needless
- Antonyms
- justified, warranted
- Memory hook
- gratuitous: given unasked — and unwanted.
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