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It was an arbitrary decision.arbitrary = based on chance or impulse
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The rules felt arbitrary, changing from one day to the next without clear explanation.
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The coach arbitrarily formed two practice teams.†
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Haymitch's directive to immediately find water was not arbitrary. (source)
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You could see it in the people in the neighborhood, intimidated by the drug dealers and gangs, harassed by the petty crime of the crackheads, and frightened by the sometimes arbitrary and aggressive behavior of the cops themselves. (source)
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After the meal, the zugangi were lined up again in what seemed to Hannah to be a totally arbitrary order, orchestrated by the same three-fingered woman. (source)
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To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages that today determine success, the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history, with a society that provides opportunities for all. (source)arbitrary = based on chance
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It seemed unnecessarily cruel to make an old man wear a cap sideways like that and arbitrarily re-order the way in which age chose to hang from his chin. (source)arbitrarily = in a manner based on chance or impulse
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The Court prohibited jurors from hearing "victim impact" statements because they were too inflammatory and introduced arbitrariness into the capital sentencing process.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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My neighbors and teachers, friends and family, circled an arbitrary spot not far from where I'd been killed. My father, sister, and brother heard the singing again once they were outside. (source)arbitrary = chosen at random
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Few people attended these tests, and the targets and other parameters were arbitrarily selected.† (source)arbitrarily = in a manner based on chance or impulse
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Whereas Fever had obscure conditions, and gave him that delightful labor of the imagination which is not mere arbitrariness, but the exercise of disciplined power—combining and constructing with the clearest eye for probabilities and the fullest obedience to knowledge; and then, in yet more energetic alliance with impartial Nature, standing aloof to invent tests by which to try its own work.† (source)
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What do you think, that I make up arbitrary rules? (source)arbitrary = based on chance or impulse
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To do so by selecting what you arbitrarily think are outstanding examples— whatever dogs happen to catch your fancy—and crossing them into your line will only result in a jumble, and might well create unhealthy or unviable offspring.† (source)arbitrarily = in a manner based on chance or impulse
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She said there was comfort to be found in the permanence of mathematical truths, in the lack of arbitrariness and the absence of ambiguity.† (source)
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The trickles of money he sent back were not premeditated like those sent by his other friends, calculated from what he needed to survive; these were arbitrary sums that often left him broke and borrowing until the next payday. (source)arbitrary = based on impulse
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