Sentence examples similar to gratuitous aid from inspiring English sources

In the Manning case, the gratuitous and implausible charge of aiding the enemy – thankfully rejected Tuesday by the presiding judge, Colonel Denise Lind – was particularly chilling.

Al-Shabab's use of gratuitous and indiscriminate violence; the callous decision to block aid from reaching millions of starving Somalis; its unrelenting belligerence and rejection of a peaceful political settlement and the brutal Sharia regime it has imposed in the south have all combined to create a profound sense of alienation.

And for most of his detention, his family says, Mr. Fong has been subjected to a gratuitous torment: he has been deprived of his badly needed eyeglasses and hearing aid.

@ThirdWayTweet @FP @USGLC Gratuitous cruelty: as world faces risk of #4famines (SSudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia), budget *eliminates* humanitarian food aid account.

Mr. Obama has publicly ruled out — again, with gratuitous clarity — using force to defend Ukraine, and some European members of NATO balk at supplying lethal aid.

Gratuitous, too.

Or gratuitous?

Stark, gratuitous.

Note that gratuitous "lamely".

But maybe not gratuitous.

I hate gratuitous violence.