gratuitous
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"You show too much, and it's gratuitous, and nobody's gonna watch, and you want to be effective in telling the truth. You show too little, and it's not real," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mr. Mamdani may have been gratuitous in firing and disbanding the advisory board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
What we see isn’t gratuitous government cruelty, chaos or vengeance.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
On Monday Cannon granted that request, with a side of gratuitous attacks on the former special counsel.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026
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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