engelska-svenska översättning av arbitrary

godtyckligDenna Internal Security Act är en godtycklig lag.This Internal Security Act is an arbitrary law. Detta är en godtycklig, brutal och paranoid regim.This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime. För det första är siffran godtycklig.My first argument is that it is an arbitrary figure.
arbiträr

Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed
Any, out of all that are possible
Determined by independent arbiter
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee

Benjamin Franklins 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 equation is true for an arbitrary value of x

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