Usually means: Unnecessary, excessive beyond reasonable limits.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. gratuitousness: Merriam-Webster
  2. gratuitousness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gratuitousness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gratuitousness: Wordnik
  5. gratuitousness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gratuitousness: Wiktionary
  7. gratuitousness: Dictionary.com
  8. gratuitousness: FreeDictionary.org
  9. gratuitousness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gratuitousness: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. gratuitousness: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gratuitousness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gratuitousness)

▸ noun:  The characteristic or state of being gratuitous.

Similar:
graciousness, bounteousness, gratifiability, gracelessness, unnecessariness, bountiousness, generosity, generousness, bountifulness, lavishness, more...

Opposite:
necessity, essentiality, requirement, indispensability

Adjectives:
absolute, apparent, very, pure, sheer, certain, utter, perfect, own, squalid, complete

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Similar:
graciousness, bounteousness, gratifiability, gracelessness, unnecessariness, bountiousness, generosity, generousness, bountifulness, lavishness, more...

Opposite:
necessity, essentiality, requirement, indispensability

Adjectives:
absolute, apparent, very, pure, sheer, certain, utter, perfect, own, squalid, complete



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