arbitrary
21arbitrary — adjective 1 decided or arranged without any reason or plan, often unfairly: Management is weak, morale low and punishment is arbitrary. 2 happening or decided by chance rather than a plan: The figure of 20% is quite arbitrary. arbitrariness noun… …
22arbitrary — adjective 1) an arbitrary decision Syn: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, unpredictable; casual, wanton, unmotivated, motiveless, unreasoned, unsupported, irrational, illogical, groundless, unjustified; personal, discre …
23arbitrary — used of scientific name lacking formal derivation with regard to etymology, e.g. an arbitrary combination of letters, or an etymologically incorrect gender assigned to a name …
24arbitrary — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, purely, quite (esp. BrE), totally, wholly …
25arbitrary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. despotic, dictatorial; capricious; unreasonable; discretionary, willful. See illegality, authority, will.Ant., planned. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Capricious; said of people ] Syn. willful,… …
26arbitrary — [15] Arbitrary comes ultimately from Latin arbiter ‘judge’, via the derived adjective arbitrārius. It originally meant ‘decided by one’s own discretion or judgment’, and has since broadened, and ‘worsened’, in meaning to ‘capricious’. The Latin… …
27arbitrary — [ˈɑːbɪtrəri] adj not done for any particular reason and therefore often unfair an arbitrary decision[/ex] arbitrarily [ˈɑːbɪtrərəli] [ˌɑːbɪˈtreərəli] adv …
28arbitrary — According to notion or whim rather than according to law. Despotic; without reason. Fixed or arrived at through an exercise of will or by caprice, without consideration or adjustment with reference to principles, circumstances or significance.… …
29arbitrary — [15] Arbitrary comes ultimately from Latin arbiter ‘judge’, via the derived adjective arbitrārius. It originally meant ‘decided by one’s own discretion or judgment’, and has since broadened, and ‘worsened’, in meaning to ‘capricious’. The Latin… …
30Arbitrary constant — Arbitrary Ar bi*tra*ry, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. [1913 Webster] It was wholly… …
