arbitrariness

noun

Definition of arbitrarinessnext
as in volatility

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  1. volatility
  2. eccentricity
  3. irregularity
  4. inconstancy
Noun
  • That — along with the importance and the potential volatility of relics — is a big part of what this episode is about.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But Van der Steene said shipping companies expect the volatility that has pervaded global trade since Covid to be back in 2025.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of volatility
Noun
  • And, as the world grows heavier, delight can be found in the eccentricities and achievements of our fellow humans.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Come for the meta eccentricity, stay for a revelatory, movie-stealing performance from Adam Pearson. Where to watch: Video on demand What was 2024's best movie?
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of eccentricity
Noun
  • Lake has not conceded either race and frequently tried—and failed—to overturn the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial results in court, citing unsubstantiated claims of voting irregularities.
    Ewan Palmer, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There were lots of voting machine irregularities, and issues sending the results to the main hub via satellite.
    Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of irregularity
Noun
  • Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
Definition of inconstancy
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