gratuitous
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Banerjee also criticised what he called an excess of "gratuitous violence", arguing that "it is social media hype that is deciding the film's fate."
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
The weeks after Kirk was shot were marked by gratuitous consecrations of the man’s virtue.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025
I didn’t ask it to, but didn’t mind this gratuitous edit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
“Because, respectfully, I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance, I dissent.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
I had not eaten the nuts; I was sorry that I had called her Aunt Addie; but I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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