The Only Use of
gratuitous
in
1984, by Orwell
- Folly, folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly.
p. 137.2gratuitous = unnecessary and unwarranted
Definition:
unnecessary and unwarranted
or less commonly (except where it is common in the legal field): costing nothing
or less commonly (except where it is common in the legal field): costing nothing