Dictionary Entry
gratuitous
gratuitous is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.
- 2adjective
Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
- 3adjective
without cause
"a gratuitous insult"
- 4adjective
unnecessary and unwarranted
"a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
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- 5adjective
costing nothing
"complimentary tickets"
"free admission"
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