Oxford Advanced American Dictionary`s definition of the free adjective You are only encouraging him in his gratuitous misdeeds, and no one pays attention to how he torments my poor Margaret. While the legislation could have prevented such unwarranted abuses, digitalization would also allow authorities to micro-target where every penny of each stimulus payment went and what it achieved. The problem is not necessarily the presence of mosquito fish in these ecosystems, Polverino says, but their gratuitous behavior, made possible by a lack of predators. Wanton describes something exaggerated, uncontrolled, and sometimes even cruel. The principal sees a food fight as an act of gratuitous vandalism committed in defiance of the rules, but the kids might just see it as fun. Her story is largely free of gratuitous violence and useless sex. Lind ruled that the evidence that al-Qaeda had obtained information through WikiLeaks was also relevant to the “free publication” evidence. The best part is that riding old bikes doesn`t mean you have to give up the pleasures of free consumption. Because the Christian considers the hooligan, the thief, the gratuitous and the drunkard as men and women who have done wrong. Wanton comes from the Old English wan- “missing” and togen “train, discipline”, in other words, “lack of discipline”. Gratuitous extravagance is exaggerated and uncontrolled, while a gratuitous act of terror is random and intentionally cruel. Sometimes in older novels, you are deliberately used as a disapproving term to describe someone who is considered promiscuous, a usage that is now considered old-fashioned.
Mary Manley has died; an English author, of considerable reputation as a writer, but of a carefree and unbridled character. For more than a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called an “unjustified lack of respect.” He stood on the side of the small river, his clear water showing the fish whistling back and forth, as if they were playing for no reason. The new Pacific Rim movie has brought back robots that return to our collective consciousness as gratuitous property damage. wanton (third person singular simple free present, present participle for no reason, simple past and past participle aimless) One of the reasons Vikings are viewed so negatively is that their violence may seem gratuitous or irrational. A less gratuitous and scandalous injustice triggered the French revolution. Even in liberal sanctuaries like California, many saw what they saw as an unacceptable increase in public disorder — free homeless camps, burglaries, sidewalk needles — and voted accordingly. Note: Willful recklessness and intent are often used to refer to an increased level of negligence that borders on intent and is often grounds for awarding punitive damages. From “Lechery” to “something expensive and not necessary” Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Middle English, de wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen, past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English tÄon â more at tow entry 1 Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unbridled; neglected; boisterous; playful”), wan- (“not, un-, mis-“) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “dragged”; LED; drawn”), from the Old English togen, ġetogen, past partizip de tēon (“train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + dragged. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your essential guide to English language problems. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!.