gratuitous

English

From Latin grātuītus (“free”), from Latin grātia (“favor”), grātus (“showing favor”).

gratuitous (comparative more gratuitous, superlative most gratuitous)

Given freely; unearned.
- 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:
  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."
Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.
gratuitous violence
Synonym: uncalled-for

(given freely):

(not called for by the circumstances):

given freely

Bulgarian: безплатен (bg) (bezplaten), безкористен (bg) (bezkoristen)
Dutch: kosteloos (nl), gratis (nl)
Finnish: ilmainen (fi), vastikkeeton (fi)
French: gratuit (fr)
German: gratis (de), kostenlos (de), geschenkt (de), frei (de), unentgeltlich (de), unverdient
Greek:
Ancient: ἀδάπανος (adápanos)
Hebrew: חִנָּם‎ (he) (ẖinnám)
Portuguese: gratuito (pt)
Romanian: gratuit (ro), gratis (ro)
Russian: беспла́тный (ru) (besplátnyj), безвозмездный (ru) (bezvozmezdnyj), незаслуженный (ru) (nezaslužennyj)
Turkish: ücretsiz (tr)

not called for by the circumstances

Bulgarian: ненужен (bg) (nenužen), безпричинен (bg) (bezpričinen)
Danish: unødvendig
Dutch: ongegrond (nl), gratuit (nl)
Finnish: tarpeeton (fi), perusteeton (fi), aiheeton (fi)
French: gratuit (fr)
German: unnötig (de), überflüssig (de), nutzlos (de), willkürlich (de), grundlos (de), beliebig (de), unerwünscht (de), unaufgefordert (de), unbegründet (de)
Hebrew: חִנָּם‎ (he) (ẖinnám)
Hungarian: indokolatlan (hu), fölösleges (hu)
Maori: pokerehū
Persian: بی‌جا‎ (bi-jâ), الکی‎ (fa) (alaki), بیخودی‎ (fa) (bi-xodi)
Romanian: nejustificat (ro), arbitrar (ro), gratis (ro)
Russian: беспричинный (ru) (bespričinnyj), необосно́ванный (ru) (neobosnóvannyj)
Swedish: meningslös (sv), ogrundad (sv), omotiverad (sv), oberättigad (sv), oförtjänt (sv), onödig (sv), opåkallad (sv)
Turkish: fuzuli (tr), gereksiz (tr), lüzumsuz (tr)