Synonyms:
gratuitous
Meaning: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
Usage examples
The natural virtues are gratuitous gifts of God.
"While grain was gratuitous, agriculture was impossible.
What he endured in the intercourse between us appeared to be gratuitous evil.
If we are to avoid a perfectly gratuitous assumption, we must dispense with the subject as one of the actual ingredients of the world.
But since the question is capable of experimental decision, it would be gratuitous rashness to offer an opinion while that decision is lacking.
His relations will thank you for any such gratuitous attention: at least they will not blame you for any evil that may happen, whether they thank you or not for any good.
This piece of gratuitous information concerning the route he proposed to himself, the first I had heard my companion bestow upon any one, failed to excite the corresponding confidence of the Scotchman.