omavaltainen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- intractable adj Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
Senses
omavaltainen is used for these senses in English:
- arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.
- high-handed Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- transgressive Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
arbitrary — full definition
- adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.
intractable — full definition
- adj Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
- adj Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.
- adj Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
- adj Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)