arbitrary

How To Use arbitrary In A Sentence

• The basis of its case appears quite arbitrary and rests on contentious historical documentation. Times, Sunday Times
• A belief in it is not only not naïve; it is the essential precondition for civilized society, and our best defense against the arbitrary use of power.
• The whole Valentines racket is arbitrary and false. Let me count the ways « Write Anything
• But hey, I guess if we are operating under the assumption that soccer fans revel in unfairness at the hands of a central, arbitrary power, they they will probably love this change. The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right:
• The regular intake of three or more analgesic tablets daily or narcotics or ergotamine on more than two days a week are suggested arbitrary limits.
• They'd also make a few arbitrary, unreviewed, undiscussed decisions about other stuff they'd keep.
• And I should loathe for us to founder on so capricious and arbitrary a matter as a technical glitch. Times, Sunday Times
• The punishment in this instance is not arbitrary; it bears some relation to the punishable behavior.
• Haraway's juxtaposition of the words ‘fiction’ and ‘reality’ illustrates the arbitrary nature of these and other binaries in Western society.
• Your Honour, from my perspective I am trying to understand the arbitrary and capricious argument that my learned friends are putting forward.