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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, malicious |
| Synonyms: | accidentally on purpose, arbitrary, contrary, double-crossing, evil, gratuitous, groundless, inconsiderate, malevolent, mean, merciless, motiveless, needless, ornery, perverse, senseless, spiteful, unasked, uncalled-for, unfair, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unprovoked, vicious, wayward, wicked, willful |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | unjustified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not justified |
| Synonyms: | gratuitous, iniquitous, injudicious, insulting, needless, uncalled for, unwarranted |
| Notes: | an unjustified act is one for whose justification no past event or development can be adduced; an unjustifiable act is one for whose justification no future event or development can be adduced |
| Antonyms: | justified, reasonable |
| Main Entry: | uncalled-for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unjustified |
| Synonyms: | gratuitous, impertinent, inappropriate, indecorous, unbecoming, unmerited, unnecessary, unseemly |
| Main Entry: | inessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
| Main Entry: | supererogative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanton |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, gratuitous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, supererogatory, thriftless, uncalled-for, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Main Entry: | supererogatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superfluous |
| Synonyms: | abounding, de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, exorbitant, expendable, extra, extravagant, extreme, gratuitous, in excess, inessential, inordinate, lavish, leftover, needless, nonessential, overflowing, overmuch, pleonastic, profuse, redundant, remaining, residuary, spare, superabundant, superfluent, supernumerary, surplus, unasked, uncalled-for, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, useless |
| Main Entry: | supererogatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanton |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, gratuitous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, supererogative, thriftless, uncalled-for, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Main Entry: | uncompelled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluntary |
| Synonyms: | autonomous, chosen, deliberate, designful, discretional, elected, free, free-willed, freely, gratuitous, honorary, independent, intended, intentional, opted, optional, spontaneous, unasked, unbidden, unconstrained, unforced, unpaid, unprescribed, volitional, volunteer, willed, willful, wished, witting |
| Main Entry: | uncompensated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpaid |
| Synonyms: | contributed, donated, due, freewilled, gratuitous, honorary, unindemnified, unrecompensed, unremunerated, unrewarded, unsalaried, voluntary, volunteer |
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