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1
not costing or charging anything
- they will throw in a gratuitous box of chocolates when you spend $30 or more in their shop
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2
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end
- that violent scene was completely gratuitous and didn't need to be in the movie at all
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“Gratuitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gratuitous. Accessed 26 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of gratuitous was in 1617
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