gratuitous

Gratuitous means without cause or unnecessary. Telling ridiculous jokes at a somber occasion would be a display of gratuitous humor.

unjustified · groundless · baseless · unfounded · unnecessary. Antonyms edit.

gratuitous ... adj. 免費的；無償的；無報酬的；無端的. Dr.eye 譯典通 ...

Oxford Collocations DictionaryGratuitous is used with these nouns: sex; violence. See full entry.

2024年3月15日 — The meaning of GRATUITOUS is not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted.

being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: It looks to me like a baseless and gratuitous insult—like you have a huge chip on your shoulder.

gratuitous in British English · 1. given or received without payment or obligation · 2. without cause; unjustified · 3. law.

2024年3月13日 — GRATUITOUS translate: （不良行為等）不必要的，無謂的，無理由的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.

adjective · unnecessary · extra · needless · optional · unwarranted · dispensable · nonessential · unessential · irrelevant · inessential.

not necessary; with no reasonable cause: There were too many gratuitous personal insults throughout the debate.