gratuitously
adverb/ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəsli/
/ɡrəˈtuːɪtəsli/
(disapproving)- without any good reason or purpose, in a way that may have harmful effects synonym unnecessarily
- The film was gratuitously offensive.
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