Usually means: Unnecessary and unwarranted; excessively given.
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Similar:
needless, unnecessary, gratis, unneeded, uncalled-for, free, costless, unpaid, unmerited, complimentary, more...

Opposite:
unmerited, undeserved, unwarranted

Types:
gratuitous violence, gratuitous nudity, gratuitous cameo, more...

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Adjectives:
more, little, best, such, primary, large, somewhat, only, national, quite, way

Crossword clues:
without cause,   for the sake of it,   done for no reason,   without any reason,   without much reason,   for no purpose,   freely offered,   for no reaso

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