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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
     pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
     1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
        without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
        without claim or merit; not required by justice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
              the fruits of our own industry.       --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
        cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
        ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation.  --De Quincye.
        -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
     pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
     1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
        without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
        without claim or merit; not required by justice.
  
              We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
              the fruits of our own industry.       --L'Estrange.
  
     2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
        cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
        ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
  
              Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation.  --De Quincye.
        -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gratuitous
       adj 1: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
       2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets" [syn: complimentary,
           costless, free, gratis(p)]
       3: unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was
          burned with needless loss of life" [syn: needless, uncalled-for]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     Αγγλικά a.
     αναίτιος, άσκοπος, ανώφελος, περιττός, αχρείαστος, που δε
  εξυπηρετεί-επιτελεί σκοπό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     a.
     1 Given freely; unearned.
     2 unjustified or unnecessary; not call for by the circumstances.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     a.
     1 Given freely; unearned.
     2 unjustified or unnecessary; not call for by the circumstances.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     a.
     1 Given freely; unearned.
     2 unjustified or unnecessary; not call for by the circumstances.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     a.
     1 Given freely; unearned.
     2 unjustified or unnecessary; not call for by the circumstances.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     Englanti a.
     1 turha, aiheeton, perusteeton
     2 vastikkeeton, maksuton, ilmainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gratuitous
     Engelska a.
     1 avgiftsfri, kostnadsfri
     2 omotiverad, ogrundad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  مجاني

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gratuitous //ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs// //ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs// 
  1. безкористен, безплатен
  given freely
  2. безпричинен, ненужен
  not called for by the circumstances

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/ 
  bezplatný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  unangebracht, unpassend, unnötig, überflüssig, deplatziert 
        "gratuitous violence in the feature film"  - unnötige Gewalt in dem Spielfilm
     Synonym: uncalled-for
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  unentgeltlich 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gratuitous //ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs// //ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs// 
  1. ilmainen, vastikkeeton
  given freely
  2. aiheeton, perusteeton, tarpeeton
  not called for by the circumstances

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/ 
  1. मुफ्त

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  besplatan, poklonjen

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  1. alaptalan
  2. fölösleges
  3. díjtalan
  4. ingyenes
  5. indokolatlan

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  gratuitous /grəˈtju:ɪtəs/ 
   1.  bezpłatny, gratisowy
   2.  [form]  nieuzasadniony

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  gratuitous //ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs// //ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs// 
  meningslös, oberättigad, oförtjänt, ogrundad, omotiverad, onödig
  not called for by the circumstances

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  gratuitous /ɡɹatjˈuːɪtəs/
  1. bedava, parasız
  2. sebepsiz, keyfi
  3. asılsız. gratuitously  ücretsiz olarak
  4. gereksiz yere, belli bir sebep olmadan. gratuitousness  bedava oluş
  5. asılsız oluş.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɡɹəˈtuətəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  180 Moby Thesaurus words for "gratuitous":
     God-given, accorded, aimless, allowed, amorphous, arbitrary,
     autonomous, baseless, bestowed, biggety, bluff, bottomless, brash,
     capricious, casual, charitable, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocky,
     complimentary, contemptuous, costless, crusty, de trop, derisive,
     desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, discretional,
     discretionary, disjunct, disordered, dispensable, dispersed,
     disproportionate, disrespectful, elective, eleemosynary, erratic,
     excess, expendable, expenseless, expletive, facy, fitful, flip,
     flippant, for free, for love, for nothing, formless, free,
     free as air, free for nothing, free gratis, free of charge,
     free of cost, free will, freebie, fresh, frivolous, gally,
     giftlike, given, granted, gratis, groundless, haphazard,
     hit-or-miss, immethodical, impertinent, impudent, in excess,
     inchoate, incoherent, indefensible, independent, indiscriminate,
     irrational, irregular, malapert, meaningless, misshapen, needless,
     nervy, nonessential, nonmandatory, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic,
     nonuniform, offered, on the house, optional, orderless, pert,
     planless, pleonastic, proffered, prolix, promiscuous, providential,
     random, reasonless, redundant, rude, sassy, saucy, self-acting,
     self-active, self-determined, self-determining, senseless,
     shapeless, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spare, spasmodic,
     spontaneous, sporadic, straggling, straggly, supererogatory,
     superfluous, systemless, tautologic, tautologous, to spare,
     unarranged, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, unbought, uncalled-for,
     unclassified, uncoerced, uncompelled, undirected, unessential,
     unforced, unfounded, ungraded, ungrounded, uninfluenced, uninvited,
     unjoined, unjustifiable, unjustified, unlooked-for, unmethodical,
     unnecessary, unneeded, unordered, unorganized, unpaid-for,
     unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited,
     unsorted, unsought, unsupportable, unsymmetrical, unsystematic,
     untaxed, ununiform, unwarranted, unwelcome, vague, verbose,
     voluntary, volunteer, vouchsafed, wandering, wanton, willful,
     willing, wise-ass, without charge
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 免费的,无理由的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 免费的,无理由的

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