Gratuitous Definition

grə-to͝oĭ-təs, -tyo͝o-
adjective
Given or received without charge or payment; free.
Webster's New World
Granted without obligation.
Webster's New World
Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified.
Gratuitous criticism.
American Heritage
Without cause or justification; uncalled-for.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Gratuitous

  • From Latin gratuitus (“free”), from Latin gratia (“favor”), gratus (“showing favor”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin grātuītus gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gratuitous Sentence Examples

  • The sentence was executed with gratuitous harshness.

  • The instruction in primary schools is gratuitous.

  • Gratuitous instruction of a very high order is afforded by the Board of Trade to upwards of 2000 pupils.

  • Contemptuous of the opinion of his fellows, he hid his virtues, paraded his faults, affected some failings from which he was really exempt, and, since his munificent charity could not be concealed from the recipients, laboured to spoil it by gratuitous surliness.

  • Again, in the early years of the administration (1885), the Pasteur system of selection of silk-worms' eggs for the rearing of silkworms was introduced, and an " Institute of Sericulture " on modern lines was erected (1888) at Brusa for gratuitous instruction in silk-rearing to students from all parts of the empire.

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