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Adjective

Having unpredictable outcomes

Occurring by chance for no apparent reason

Lacking a premeditated plan

Lacking context or reason

Representative and undistinguished

Lacking direction

Having only a single instance

Not required

Not equal in quantity, size, or value

Of various kinds

Not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage

Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

Muddleheaded or confusing

Not strict or exact

Lacking clarity or conciseness

Noun

An unimportant person

Adverb

In disorderly haste or confusion

In a random, aimless or directionless way or manner

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Adjective

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Having unpredictable outcomes

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

flaky^UK

flakey^US

dishevelled^UK

disheveled^US

full of ups and downs

on again and off again

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“The results of these tests will be largely random and unpredictable.”

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Occurring by chance for no apparent reason

occurring by accident

at the mercy of events

happening unexpectedly

favorable^US

favored^US

favoured^UK

favourable^UK

well-timed

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“He would always have random meetings with her in the park. Perhaps it was meant to be?”

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Lacking a premeditated plan

off the top of one's head

off the top of your head

according to pleasure

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“We were desperate for a place to stay when we arrived and our choice of a hotel was completely random.”

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Lacking context or reason

“He was a quirky man prone to making random comments.”

Adjective

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Representative and undistinguished

“Any random person with half a brain would know this is a bad idea.”

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Lacking direction

“He lacked purpose and would drift through life in a random manner.”

Adjective

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Having only a single instance

specialized^US

specialised^UK

customized^US

customised^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

unequalled^UK

unrivalled^UK

unrivaled^US

unequaled^US

in a league of its own

like nothing on earth

labored^US

laboured^UK

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

never to be forgotten

all-time

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Adjective

Not required

surplus to requirements

neither here nor there

without justification

needed like a hole in the head

illegitimate

able to be sacrificed

of little consequence

not worth speaking of

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

without rhyme or reason

ineffective

de minimis

not worth bothering about

nothing to do with it

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Not equal in quantity, size, or value

Adjective

Of various kinds

colorful^US

colourful^UK

not capable of comparison

colored^US

like chalk and cheese

march to a different drummer

multicolor^US

multicolour^UK

coloured^UK

hybridized^US

hybridised^UK

checkered^US

chequered^UK

parti-colored

particolored

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Not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage

coloured^UK

colored^US

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Adjective

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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

jumping to conclusions

going through the motions

leaving self wide open

careless of one's duty

like a bull in a china shop

leading with one's chin

off guard

pay no mind

sticking one's neck out

off the top of one's head

labouring under a delusion

led up the garden path

uncalled for

at full tilt

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Muddleheaded or confusing

Adjective

Not strict or exact

woolly^UK

wooly^US

generalized^US

generalised^UK

blurred round the edges

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

gray^US

grey^UK

in a state of uncertainty

neither one thing nor the other

without belief

in a state of limbo

on the horns of a dilemma

neither fish nor fowl

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

still open to question

not backed up by evidence

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Lacking clarity or conciseness

traveling^US

travelling^UK

having kissed the Blarney stone

with the gift of the gab

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the blarney stone

having kissed the Blarney Stone

excessively communicative

running on at the mouth

blessed with the gift of the gab

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Noun

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An unimportant person

“A random just walked into the store from the street and started yelling.”

Adverb

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In disorderly haste or confusion

as quickly as possible

like greased lightning

like a bat out of hell

on the spur of the moment

in the heat of the moment

like lightning

at the speed of light

like an arrow from a bow

like nobody's business

with all possible haste

with dispatch

before you can say Jack Robinson

in the twinkling of an eye

in a fraction of a second

in the blink of an eye

as fast as one's legs can carry one

like a bullet out of a gun

on spur of the moment

too quickly

as swift as an arrow

without losing time

as fast as your legs can carry you

in two shakes of a lamb's tail

unhesitatingly

like all get out

meteorically

in the wink of an eye

in a jiff

in no time at all

very soon

before you can say knife

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In a random, aimless or directionless way or manner

in spite of everything

in whatever way

under any circumstances

be that as it may

in one way or another

no matter what happens

all things considered

in spite of what preceded

on the other side of the coin

despite the fact that

when all is said and done

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