My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.
Source: tatoeba (1932)
Arbitrary
/ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/
Synonyms for "arbitrary" (204 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(2 words)
create random datagenerate random sequence
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (61)
Adjective(14 words)
generichaphazardhaphazard lesson planhaphazard methodirrationalrandomrandom actionsrandom activityrandom approachrandom arrangementrandom assemblyrandom classrandom focusrandom guess
Adverb(1 words)
more random layout
Noun(1 words)
pick at random
Related words (102)
Adjective(33 words)
random guessworkrandom ideasrandom instructionrandom languagerandom layoutrandom listrandom methodrandom motionrandom networkrandom noiserandom notesrandom numberrandom objectrandom problemrandom processrandom processesrandom puzzlerandom resultrandom selectionsrandom sequence
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random shufflerandom studyingrandom stylerandom taskrandom text samplerandom topicrandom wordingrandom worksheetsrandomized methodunprincipled teachingunrestrictedunspecified notationwhimsical
Verb(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
rashreasonlessrepressivescrewballself-actingself-activeself-determinedself-determiningseverespontaneousstrictsubjectivesummarysuppressivetemperamentalthoughtlesstotaltotalitariantoughtyrannical
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tyrannousunaskedunbesoughtunbiddenuncalculatinguncalled foruncalled-foruncertainuncoerceduncompelleduncompromisingunconstrainedundisciplinedunforcedunguardeduninfluenceduninvitedunpredictableunpressuredunpromptedunreasonableunreasoningunreflectingunrequestedunrequiredunrestrainedunrulyunsolicitedunsoughtunthinkingunthoughtfulvagariousvagrantvaryingvoluntaryvolunteerwantonwaywardwhimsicalwildwillfulzany
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesarbitrary constantarbitrary decisionarbitrary functionarbitrary selection
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6 entriesarbitrary choicearbitrary constantarbitrary decisionarbitrary functionarbitrary precisionarbitrary sample
Inflections
2 entriesmore arbitrarymost arbitrary
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2 entriesAntonyms
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16 total sentences available.
Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.
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Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
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Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings.
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