Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
France
Style et précision.
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Russian to French, and 1 more.
gratuite
I understand the meaning, but am not sure about the best way to render it in this context.
| 5 +11 | wanton |
Chris More (X)
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| 2 +6 | gratuitously |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 5 +2 | gratuitous |
Carol Gullidge
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| 4 +2 | unjustified |
Chris Pott
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| 5 | mindless |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 +1 | comment |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 | wanton/ unnecessary |
Debbie Tacium Ladry
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Mar 12, 2006 21:09: df49f (X) changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "History" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Non-PRO (2): df49f (X), Richard Nice
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Proposed translations
wanton
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
gratuitously
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-03-12 20:47:36 GMT)
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unwarranted
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suezen
: gratuitous. Could also use unfounded/unmotivated but gratuitous is better IMO
2 mins
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Philip Taylor
: gratuitous
3 mins
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Sara Noss
12 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: gratuitous
18 mins
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
: but use the adjective, not adverb, as Dusty and Philip suggest)
22 mins
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Assimina Vavoula
10 hrs
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Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
mindless
Medical writing, clinical + research exp
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
wanton/ unnecessary
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
United Kingdom
15 years working in continental Europe
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
comment
"Wanton" already has a notion of "intent, deliberateness", so to repeat "deliberate" is pointless.
"wanton - 3. senseless, unprovoked, unjustifiable, or DELIBERATELY malicious ..."
Possibly "wanton" is sufficient. Otherwise the obvious "deliberate" could well be replaced by something like "orchestrated", if the implication is that the people doing the extermination were set to the task by a higher authority.
"orchestrated wanton extermination". Which reminds me, that Slob. Milosevic is dead, none too soon. Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose.
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Joanne Nebbia
: but did he jump or ....
12 mins
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Heart attack, it was announced an hour or so ago. If he was pushed, whoever did it deserves a medal in my books (having just rewatched "Warriors").
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Debbie Tacium Ladry
: My dico has various definitions for wanton, but none of them include a sense of deliberateness. In this context, 'wanton' means having no just foundation or provocation. Or: merciless and inhumane.
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