gratuitous
gra|tui|tous /grətj'uːɪtəs, AM -t'uː-/
[ADJ]
If you describe something as gratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.
There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.
● gratuitously [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.
[ADJ]
If you describe something as gratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.
There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.
● gratuitously [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.