He also urged the government not to meddle with the quality of television through "arbitrary standards."

Similarly, a government agency's decision of an administrative law is reviewed on the arbitrary and capricious standard.

"Here they are looking for quite an arbitrary standard."

They decried its emphasis on an arbitrary standard of beauty.

The modern man says, "Let us leave all these arbitrary standards and embrace liberty."

Mrs. Whitman's approach has been to argue for moving away from arbitrary spending levels, toward education standards and accountability.

He chose to live his life to meet the arbitrary standards he had set for that nobility.

People are often assessed by an arbitrary standard that does not apply to someone unique.

Proficiency had nothing to do with it; it was just an arbitrary standard.

We cannot afford to set an arbitrary standard if no one can meet it.