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ungratuitous

ungratuitous adjective: not gratuitous.

Adjective

ungratuitous (comparative more ungratuitous, superlative most ungratuitous)

  1. Not gratuitous.

Forms of ungratuitous

comparativemore ungratuitous
superlativemost ungratuitous

Origin of ungratuitous

From un- + gratuitous.

Questions about ungratuitous

What does ungratuitous mean?
Ungratuitous means not gratuitous.
What part of speech is ungratuitous?
Ungratuitous is an adjective.

Words near ungratuitous in the dictionary

  1. ungratifiable
  2. ungratified
  3. ungratifying
  4. ungratifyingly
  5. ungrating
  6. ungratuitous
  7. ungrave
  8. ungraved
  9. ungraveled
  10. ungravelled
  11. ungravelly

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