gratuitous

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Given freely; unearned.
2. adjective Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.

   gratuitous violence

3. adjective (in linguistic criticism) Extraneous, interpolated.

Similar words

gratis free needless unneeded uncalled-for unnecessary costless unmerited unpaid complimentary

Often followed by

and assumption violence to services distribution advice instruction insult

Word family

gratuitously gratuitousness gratuitousnesses