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Comparative for ostensibly lacking any coherent system or order
“What was the point of studying the random and arbitrary changes to which words, like all other earthly phenomena, were subject?”
Comparative for unsupported or unjustifiable by sound logic, standards or judgment
“They came to the arbitrary conclusion that only alkali-resistant weeds would grow here.”
Comparative for based on one's personal choice or whim
“Instead of making an arbitrary decision to increase the proposed volume, the general manager should inquire what would be necessary in order to plan for a specified increase.”
Comparative for suggestive or typical of a despot or tyrant
“The shift in favor of a stronger central government did not mean that the founders were less concerned over the dangers of arbitrary government power than they had been.”
Comparative for lacking any obvious principle of organization
Comparative for having a tendency to inflict suffering and pain on others
Comparative for given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood, thinking or behavior
Comparative for playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
Comparative for left to personal choice
(law) Comparative for performed speedily and without formal ceremony
Comparative for lacking logical justification or sound reasoning
Comparative for not stated clearly or exactly
Comparative for difficult to control due to willful behavior
Comparative for biased or favoring a particular side or cause
Comparative for very unusual, strange, or unexpected
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