Definitions
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
Word origin
From Middle English arbitrarie, Latin arbitrārius (“arbitrary, uncertain”), from arbiter (“witness, on-looker, listener, judge, overseer”).
Used in a sentence
“Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.”
“The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives.”
“The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.”
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