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arbitrary
[ ahr-bi-trer-ee ]
adjective
subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion:an arbitrary decision.
decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical:an arbitrary government.
based on whim or personal preference, without reason or pattern; random:This is an unusual encyclopedia, arranged by topics in a more or less arbitrary order.
Mathematics. undetermined; not assigned a specific value:an arbitrary constant.
noun, plural ar·bi·trar·ies.
arbitraries, Printing. (in Britain) peculiar (def. 9).
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