gratuitous
Example Sentences
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I didn’t ask it to, but didn’t mind this gratuitous edit.
“We think the coalition is expressing very important and broadly held views about gratuitous sex, violence and profanity,” Mr. Butler said at the time.
From New York Times
“Blue Eye Samurai’s” fights are crisp, engaging, bloody and just exaggerated and extreme enough to rev up the audience without feeling gratuitous.
From Salon
Given all the inexcusable textile omissions, from Bell to Isermann, filling up galleries with baskets because of Rossbach’s example feels gratuitous.
From Los Angeles Times
He does a fine job in the spotlight singly making the film an emotional journey for audiences and not just about gratuitous violence.
From Washington Times
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