Gratuitous
Gratuitous adjective - Not costing or charging anything.
Pointless and gratuitous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pointless" instead an adjective "Gratuitous".
Nearby Words: gratuity, gratuitously
Pointless
Pointless adjective - Having no meaning.
Gratuitous and pointless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gratuitous" instead an adjective "Pointless".
Nearby Word: point
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wanton and gratuitous
- wanton and pointless
- useless and gratuitous
- useless and pointless
- senseless and gratuitous
- senseless and pointless
- unreasonable and gratuitous
- unreasonable and pointless
- dispensable and gratuitous
- dispensable and pointless
- expendable and gratuitous
- expendable and pointless
- unnecessary and gratuitous
- unnecessary and pointless
Both words in one sentence
- Gratuitous Rape is Exactly What It Says on the Tin - a pointless rape scene usually happening for little to no reason.
Source: Gratuitous Rape -
Pointless Civic Project: Building at least one is traditional, the more gratuitous, the better.
Source: Video Game / Dwarf Fortress - Gratuitous Rape: The extremely pointless scene where a rapist comes right the fuck out of nowhere and rapes Ebony without any of the other Prayer Warriors stopping him.
Source: Fanfic / The Prayer Warriors
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