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单词 arbitrary
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arbitraryadjective

uk/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i/us/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i/

arbitrary adjective (CHANCE)

C2 based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason:

arbitrary decision-making
Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?

More examples

  • Why did they cut your job and not mine? It seems to have been purely arbitrary.
  • He played a few arbitrary notes on the piano, to try it out.
  • I thought it was just an arbitrary arrangement of chairs - I didn't realize it was an art exhibit!
  • The garden isn't planned at all - we tend to just plant things in an arbitrary way.
  • The refugees were found during an arbitrary vehicle check at the ferry port.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Chance and randomness

  • accident
  • as luck would have it idiom
  • be the luck of the draw idiom
  • casual
  • chance
  • circumstance
  • haphazard
  • happen
  • happenstance
  • harum-scarum
  • hit-and-miss
  • lottery
  • more by accident than design idiom
  • more by luck than judgment idiom
  • one in a million idiom
  • postcode lottery
  • pot luck
  • serendipity
  • stochastic
  • stumble into sth

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arbitrary adjective (UNFAIR)

disapproving using unlimited personal power without considering other people's wishes:

an arbitrary ruler
The company has been the subject of an arbitrary take-over.

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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly

  • ableism
  • be a bit much idiom
  • bias
  • biased
  • blue-eyed boy
  • ghettoize
  • hate crime
  • inequitable
  • inequity
  • injustice
  • prejudicial
  • sexism
  • sexist
  • shortchange
  • slant
  • unfair
  • unjust
  • unprovoked
  • unsportsmanlike
  • you're having a laugh idiom

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arbitrarily
adverb uk/ˌɑː.bɪˈtreə.rəl.i/us/ˌɑːr.bəˈtrer.əl.i/

We made the decision to go to Italy quite arbitrarily.
arbitrariness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i.nəs/us/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i.nəs/
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