arbitrary standard
Example Sentences
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His hair was good because it was his hair; it was a Black man’s hair, and its worth didn’t rest on some arbitrary standard dictated by people who didn’t value him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2022
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 day, therefore, is not and cannot be some arbitrary standard.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015
Many difficulties are sure to arise when the teacher, for the sake of her own reputation, sets an arbitrary standard and tries to force every member of the class to meet it.
From Primary Handwork by Dobbs, Ella Victoria
