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   arbitrary

   /ˈɑːbɪt(rə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system: "an arbitrary decision" Similar capriciouswhimsicalrandomchanceerraticunpredictableinconsistentwildhit-or-misshaphazardcasualunmotivatedmotivelessunreasonedunreasonableunsupportedirrationalillogicalgroundlessunjustifiableunjustifiedwantondiscretionarypersonalsubjectiverare:discretionalOpposite rationalreasoned
   • 2. (of power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority: "a country under arbitrary government" Similar despotictyrannicaltyrannousperemptorysummaryautocraticdictatorialauthoritariandraconianautarchicanti-democraticoppressiverepressiveundemocraticilliberalimperiousdomineeringhigh-handedabsoluteuncontrolledunlimitedunrestrainedOpposite democraticaccountable
   • 3. (of a constant or other quantity) of unspecified value.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘dependent on one's will or pleasure, discretionary’): from Latin arbitrarius, from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’, perhaps influenced by French arbitraire.

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