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arbitrary
adjective as in whimsical, chance
adjective as in dictatorial
Example Sentences
"The recent decision is unfair as it wrongs our children. How will our children live in light of these high prices that will increase in an arbitrary way?" he said.
In May 2022, a UN panel of human rights experts found that his detention was arbitrary, lacked legal basis and was motivated by his Sikh faith.
But when colonial powers drew up arbitrary borders in Africa, the kingdom was split between present-day DR Congo and Rwanda.
Never arbitrary but always unwieldy, Fish and Poinsettia’s issues are unpredictably ever-present, and Burnett has enough respect for the characters not to believe that a happily-ever-after will “cure” them.
C threshold established by the Paris climate accords wasn’t just some arbitrary metric.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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