gratuitous

gratuitous (gr[schwa]-tyoo-[schwa]-t[schwa]s), adj.

1. Done or performed without obligation to do so; given without consideration in circumstances that do not otherwise impose a duty (gratuitous promise). Cf. ONEROUS(3).

2. Done unnecessarily (gratuitous obscenities). — gratuity, n.

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