apparently arbitrary
Frequency: 5.88.8 per million words
Suggests that something seems arbitrary based on available evidence.
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- The selection process for the scholarship seemed apparently arbitrary, with no clear criteria published.
- His decision to sell the company felt apparently arbitrary to the long-term employees.
- The placement of colors on the canvas, while apparently arbitrary, created a surprising sense of harmony.
- The new filing system is apparently arbitrary; I can't find any logic behind the categories.
- The distribution of pebbles on the beach looks apparently arbitrary, but it's governed by complex wave physics.
- The judge's ruling was criticized for being apparently arbitrary and not based on legal precedent.
- The new bus schedule seems apparently arbitrary, making it difficult for commuters to plan their journeys.
- The boundaries drawn on the map were apparently arbitrary, ignoring ethnic and geographical realities.
- Without clear guidelines, any choice we make will appear apparently arbitrary to the public.
- While the sequence of numbers might seem apparently arbitrary, mathematicians believe it holds a hidden pattern.