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The parents allege that the disciplinary action was “arbitrary and capricious” and that the school provided no evidence of a policy being violated or of the classmate feeling threatened.

"Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicised, capricious and arbitrary behaviour, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account," it added.

From BBC

The three eldest boys — Joseph, Robert Jr. and David — bore the brunt of their mother’s “capricious temperament,” Leamer wrote.

As such, any given poll or event can make public opinion seem capricious when it is not in the aggregate.

From Salon

The circumstances of his execution gave further ammunition to critics who saw the system as capricious and absurd.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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