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be gratuitous
adjective
Given freely; unearned.
Exact(37)
Of course, it can be gratuitous.
I don't want it to be gratuitous.
That isn't to be say we should be gratuitous.
But his digs could be gratuitous and his exasperation overly theatrical.... Ryan parried this well.
If violence on screen was so regular and people barely noticed it, that would be gratuitous.
"He's written great sex in the past but this seems to be gratuitous".
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It was gratuitous.
The scatology is gratuitous.
O.K. that was gratuitous.
"It was gratuitous and unnecessary.
"It was gratuitous," Murtha said.
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