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1. (adj.) gratuitous
given, done, or obtained without charge; free; voluntary.
2. gratuitous
being without apparent reason, cause, or justification:
a gratuitous insult.
3. gratuitous
Law. given without receiving any return value.
Etymology: (1650–60; < L grātuītus, der. of grātus thankful; for formation see fortuitous)
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| Definition of 'gratuitous' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) gratuitous
without cause
"a gratuitous insult"
2. (adj) complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous
costing nothing
"complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
3. (adj) gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for
unnecessary and unwarranted
"a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
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| Definition of 'gratuitous' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) gratuitous
given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice
2. (adj) gratuitous
not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption
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Sense: (derogatory) done, said etc without good reason or excuse or when not wanted
gratuitous insults.
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 Afrikaans: ongegronde |
 Arabic: لا مُبَرِّر له |
 Bulgarian: неоснователен |
 Brazilian: gratuito |
 Czech: bezdůvodný |
 German: grundlos |
 Danish: umotiveret; uberettiget |
 Greek: αδικαιολόγητος |
 Spanish: gratuito, innecesario |
 Estonian: asjatu |
 Farsi: بی توجیه |
 Finnish: aiheeton |
 French: gratuit |
 Hebrew: לְלא סִיבָּה |
 Hindi: निराधार |
 Croatian: nezaslužen, bezrazložan |
 Hungarian: indokolatlan, alaptalan |
 Indonesian: tak semestinya |
 Icelandic: tilefnislaus,ástæðulaus |
 Italian: gratuito |
 Japanese: いわれのない |
 Korean: 이유 없는 |
 Lithuanian: neturintis pagrindo/priež |
 Latvian: nepelnīts |
 Malay: tidak sepatutnya |
 Dutch: ongegrond; nodeloos |
 Norwegian: uprovosert, uberettiget |
 Polish: nieuzasadniony |
 Persian: بی توجیه |
 Pashto: خوشى، وړ، يامفت |
 Portuguese: gratuito |
 Romanian: nejustificat |
 Russian: беспричинный |
 Slovak: bezdôvodný, zbytočný |
 Slovenian: neupravičen |
 Serbian: bezrazložan |
 Swedish: ogrundad, oberättigad, on |
 Thai: ทำหรือพูดโดยที่ไม่มีเหตุผ |
 Turkish: sebebsiz, yersiz |
 Taiwanese: 無端的，不應該的 |
 Ukrainian: безпричинний |
 Urdu: بلا وجہ |
 Vietnamese: vu vơ |
 Chinese: 没有理由的 |
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