arbitrary standard
Example Sentences
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It was as if the landscape itself had dysmorphia, altering its physical appearance to fit an arbitrary standard that undermined its primary function.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020
Fashion in this context was not about looking au courant or attractive by some arbitrary standard.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2019
A "Procrustean bed" is an arbitrary standard to which everyone must conform, however painful.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2015
A day, therefore, is not and cannot be some arbitrary standard.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015
When the unit of nominal horse-power was fixed at 33,000 foot-pounds per minute the work contemplated in the arbitrary standard was supposed to be such as a horse could go on performing for several hours.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
