gratuitous
adjective
, -ˈtyü-\
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Yet television's recent history is bloated with gratuitous rape sequences written and directed by men. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why Isn't a Woman Directing My Brilliant Friend?," 5 Apr. 2017 All that gratuitous speed doesn't take away from the Model 3's obsession with squeezing every mile out of its batteries. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "My 72 Hours With the Tesla Model 3 Performance Edition," 13 Sep. 2018 Honestly, the new faceted design is a bit gratuitous, as a USB-C slot at the side or rear of the notebook is just fine. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "HP Spectre x360 13 (2018) hands on: 'Whiskey Lake' power sits alongside 22 hours of battery life," 23 Oct. 2018 Disenchantment does not indulge in any vulgarity, nudity, gratuitous violence, or other FCC-enraging practices. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Disenchantment review: Groening’s new Netflix toon is off to a bloody good start," 7 Aug. 2018 There might be a case for avoiding contaminating the American flag with the emblem of an odious regime if it is done for purely gratuitous reasons. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "Flag fetishists freak out over summit stage design.," 12 June 2018 The scenes of violence against women are critical to the points of the shows, and not usually gratuitous or exploitive. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, "There’s Emmy drama in the face-off between two of this year’s very best," 12 July 2018 The runner-up is aforementioned guys-night-out art party, which felt gratuitous and fake, through and through. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "'Southern Charm New Orleans,' Episode 2: Champagne cocktails and nude models," 23 Apr. 2018 The culprit, more often than not: a gratuitous amount of pitching changes. — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Padres serve up seven Twins home runs in 16-0 shellacking," 13 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gratuitous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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