The aggression was provoked by all those gratuitous insults.
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Gratuitous
/ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs/
Synonyms for "gratuitous" (209 found)
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erraticexcessexpendableexpenselessexpletivefacyfitfulflipflippantfor freefor lovefor nothingformlessfreefree as airfree for nothingfree gratisfree of chargefree of costfree will
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freebiefreshfrivolousgallygiftlikegivengod-givengrantedgratisgroundlesshaphazardhit-or-missimmethodicalimpertinentimpudentin excessinchoateincoherentindefensibleindependentindiscriminateinordinateirrationalirregularirrelevantmalapertmeaninglessmisshapenneedlessnervynonessentialnonmandatorynonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformofferedon the houseoptional
Adjective(3 words)
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orderlesspertplanlesspleonasticprofferedprolixpromiscuousprovidentialrandomreasonlessredundantrudesassysaucyself-actingself-activeself-determinedself-determiningsenselessshapeless
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smartsmart aleckysmart asssmart-aleckysmart-asssparespasmodicspontaneoussporadicstragglingstragglysupererogatorysuperfluoussystemlesstautologictautologousto spareunarrangedunaskedunbesoughtunbiddenunboughtuncalled foruncalled-forunclassifieduncoerceduncompelledundirectedunessentialunforcedunfoundedungradedungroundeduninfluenceduninvitedunjoinedunjustifiableunjustifiedunlooked-forunmethodicalunnecessaryunneededunorderedunorganizedunpaidunpaid-forunpressuredunpromptedunrequestedunrequiredunsolicitedunsortedunsoughtunsupportableunsymmetricalunsystematicuntaxedununiformunwarrantedunwelcomevagueverbosevoluntaryvolunteervouchsafedwanderingwantonwillfulwillingwise asswise-asswithout charge
Adjective(8 words)
redundantsuperfluousuncalled-forunnecessaryunnecessary criterionunnecessary guessworkunprovokedunwarranted
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Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesextraneous detailfree samplegratis servicenonessential element
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6 entriesfree samplegratis servicegratuitous detailgratuitous gesturegratuitous insultgratuitous violence
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As Paul says, it is really perfectly gratuitous ("es ist im grunde reine willkur") to call the case we have in German (and Old English) a dative, for besides the functions of the dative it fulfils the functions of the old locative, ablative, and instrumental.
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Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools."
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gratuitous violence
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