Definition of Gratuitous
uncalled for; unwarranted; unnecessary
Examples of Gratuitous in a sentence
Even though I had been looking forward to seeing the movie, I walked out of the theater after thirty minutes because of so much gratuitous foul language.
Since her son had already served his hours of community service for the vandalism, Selena thought that the school’s additional punishment was gratuitous.
He’s always looking for gratuitous attention from his classmates by pulling all sorts of reckless stunts.
That director specializes in the gratuitous exploitation of people’s worst nightmares in his horror films.
Because I didn’t ask for his gratuitous advice, I felt under no obligation to do what he suggested.
If you read the labels on most prepared food products, you’ll see that many gratuitous ingredients add an excessive amount of fats and carbohydrates.
Despite coming in at third place, he indulged in some gratuitous self-glorification, to the dismay of all his friends.
The novel contains a great deal of gratuitous speculation and opinion that make it very difficult to follow the plot.
Although the candidate felt that the interview had gone in his favor, he didn’t make the cut because the committee was so irritated by his gratuitous bragging.
If Maureen hears that a film contains gratuitous violence, sex scenes, or language, she won’t allow her sons to watch it.
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