Sentence examples similar to gratuitous extent from inspiring English sources

On Radio 4's Front Row last week, it was argued that the scene felt gratuitous, especially in the current climate where films such as Zero Dark Thirty remind us of the extent of real-life torture.

Hypocrisy can be aspirational: Political actors claim that they are motivated by ideals perhaps to a greater extent than they really are; shedding the mask of hypocrisy asserts that greed, vengeance and gratuitous cruelty aren't wrong, but are legitimate motivations for political behavior.

Gratuitous, too.

Or gratuitous?

Stark, gratuitous.

But maybe not gratuitous.

Note that gratuitous "lamely".

Also disable Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

I hate gratuitous violence.

"They are not gratuitous.

It's just gratuitous.