be arbitrary
Example Sentences
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He told BBC Scotland News he had concerns that it could be arbitrary, inflexible and in some cases "very difficult to establish with any great degree of certainty".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
About twice as many said some students are singled out while others are handled lightly, and punishments can be arbitrary and counterproductive.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022
He also asserts that Twitter’s process for calculating its user numbers “appears to be arbitrary and ad hoc.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022
A related concern is that without a judicial system to arbitrate disputes and mete out justice, any resolution would be arbitrary.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
And if incapacity is voted to be inherent in expulsion, if expulsion be arbitrary, incapacity is arbitrary also.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
