arbitrary manner

collocation in English

meaningsofarbitraryandmanner

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arbitrary
adjective
uk
/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i/us
/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i/
based on chance rather than being planned or based ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofarbitraryandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is a ratherarbitrarymannerto deal with vagueness.
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The inequity we see is the highlyarbitrarymannerin which a few cases are referred to the board and others are not.
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First, it allows the flagrant example of large unearned gains to go into the hands of private people, often in the mostarbitrarymanner.
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He should seriously think again before imposing this order in the high-handed andarbitrarymannerin which he is imposing it.
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You are cutting the matter short in the mostarbitrarymanner.
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What strikes me is the veryarbitrarymannerin which inefficiency is to be determined under the terms of this instruction.
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They were asked to explain why they had treated these good people in thisarbitrarymanner.
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We do not allow any court in the land to vary its jurisdiction in thisarbitrarymanner.
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Is there any redress for entirely innocent persons against what appears to be thearbitrarymannerin which the police are acting?
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It affects, in a mostarbitrarymanner, the rights of local government electors in a number of ways.
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He said that the receiver is expected to act in a fair but notarbitrarymanner.
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This sometimes opens and sometimes closes and does so in an almost completelyarbitrarymanner.
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Bad employers operate on the basis of driving down wages, not consulting, imposing, and acting in an autocratic andarbitrarymanner.
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But all this is to be altered in the mostarbitrarymanner.
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The increased rate burdens and the spending implied by the amendments would fall in an entirelyarbitrarymannerwhich could not possibly be justified.
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They, no doubt, will put very great pressure upon the local authorities to acquire land in a mostarbitrarymannerfor the purpose of allotments.
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That shows the grotesque andarbitrarymannerin which the issue was decided.
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That people in the small agencies should be singled out for this treatment in a veryarbitrarymannerseems to be quite unjust.
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Why does that principle not also apply to elections if one is to deal with organisations in thisarbitrarymanner?
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