Gratuitous - Done without good reason
(Pronounced gra-tyoo-i-tuhs)
REMEMBER MEANING OF GRATUITOUS
When an act is gratuitous it means an excessive amount of content that isn't necessary; such as gratuitous violence, nudity or profanity.
To remember the definition of the word gratuitous, use the following mnemonic:
Grate two of us? (gratuitous) One would have been enough - two is uncalled for.
Examples of gratuitous in a sentence
Even though I had been looking forward to seeing the movie, I walked out of the theatre after thirty minutes because of so much gratuitous violence.
Despite coming in at third place, he indulged in some gratuitous self-glorification, to the dismay of all his friends.
Since her son had already served his hours of community service for the vandalism, she thought that the school’s additional punishment was gratuitous.
