OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 668

gratuitous

/ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de balde • de momio • gratuito
Given freely; unearned.
Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780.…
arbitrario • de balde • de momio
Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.
Good to see you Mr. Bond. Things've been awfully dull 'round here. […] Now you're on this. I hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence!
gratuitous violence