arbitrary
/AR-bih-trair-ee/adjectivebased on random choice or personal whim rather than reason
“The cutoff date felt entirely arbitrary.”
- Synonyms
- random, capricious, unjustified
- Antonyms
- reasoned, principled
- Memory hook
- arbiter's whim: decided because someone said so.
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