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umpimähkäinen — 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.
  • haphazard adj Done without any clear plan or order; disorganized and random.
  • indiscriminate adjective Done without care to distinguish between different people, things, or situations; random or unselective.
  • promiscuous adj Having sexual relationships with many different partners, often casually.

Senses

umpimähkäinen is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.
  • haphazard Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.
  • indiscriminate (of a person) Without care in making distinctions, thoughtless.
  • promiscuous Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.

arbitrary — full definition

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. 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.

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