gratuitous
adjective /ɡrəˈtjuː.ɪ.təs/
/-ˈtuː.ə.t̬əs/ disapprovingDefinition
› (of something such as bad behaviour) not necessary, or with no cause: A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film.Too much and unnecessary gratuitously /-li/ adverb › gratuitously violentToo much and unnecessary gratuitousness /-nəs/ noun [U] Too much and unnecessary
(Definition of gratuitous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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