ARBITRARY
MEANING 1: (adj.) something decided by impulse or chance
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1.The shop was an arbitrary choice; it was the first one we crossed.
2.They made an arbitrary choice of going for the first ride that they saw.
MEANING 2: (adj.) something decided by preference or convenience
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1.The office timings were same for all but the breaks were arbitrary.
2.The choice of avoiding marriage was arbitrary on his part.
MEANING 3: (adj.) decided by a judge or court rather than being an actual law
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1.The court gave an arbitrary ruling in his favor.
2.The decision to reject his bail plea was arbitrary, a stand that the judge took just by seeing the seriousness of his crimes.
MEANING 4: (adj.) unrestrained ruling power, tyrannical power
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1.Cuba was under the arbitrary rule of Fidel Castro for decades.
2.Taliban is still continuing with its arbitrary rule in many parts of Afghanistan to this day.
SYNONYMS: Optional, Random, Uncontrolled
ANTONYMS: Objective, Reasoned, Sound
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