GRATUITOUS


Meaning of GRATUITOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ grətju:ɪtəs, AM -tu:- ]

If you describe something as gratuitous , you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.

There’s too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.

...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.

ADJ

• gra‧tui‧tous‧ly

They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with v

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