English-Polish translations for arbitrary

• arbitralny
  Jednakże proponowany podział na strefy jest niestety zbyt arbitralny. However, the proposed zoning is unfortunately too arbitrary.
  Ich zależność od partnerów prywatnych nie ma końca, podobnie jak ich arbitralny charakter. Their dependence on private partners knows no limit. Nor does their arbitrary nature.
  Dzięki tym gwarancjom proceduralnym decyzje o odmowie wizy nie będą postrzegane jako podjęte w sposób arbitralny. These procedural guarantees will prevent decisions to refuse visas from being seen as arbitrary.
• dowolny
  Frontex pokazała nam, między innymi, że z broni palnej można korzystać bezkrytycznie, w sposób dowolny. One of the things Frontex has demonstrated to us is that it is possible to use firearms in an indiscriminate, arbitrary way.
• apodyktyczny
• samowolny
  To jest samowolny, brutalny i paranoiczny system. This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime.
• umowny

Definition of arbitrary

• 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

Examples

• 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

Related words

• arbitrarily
• arbitrariness
• arbitraryness
• arbitrary unit