Capricious 1100 Words You Need Week 42 Day 4
/kəˈprɪʃ.əs/ (adj)
given to sudden changes, fickle, inconsistent, tending to make sudden and unexpected changes, unpredictable, changeable, variable, unreliable, whimsical, impulsive, unstable, volatile, temperamental, flighty, faddish
One recent well-known case that was found to be “arbitrary and capricious” was the proposed New York City ban on large soda drinks. Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal set off a global debate over soda consumption.
Justice Tingling of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan heard the complaints of city business owners and consumers who had claimed the rules were unworkable and unenforceable. So, in the end, the judge ruled the limits as “arbitrary and capricious”.
Also, another example of an “arbitrary and capricious” ruling is connected to a TSGLI case. In 2012, in the US District Court of Colorado, eight US Army Veterans filed a lawsuit claiming that the Army’s Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program routinely denies benefits to injured veterans and forces them through an appeals process to get disability benefits. They all had been denied benefits and claimed the government regularly does so with scores of other veterans as part of a “standardized” practice.
Source: https://tsgliclaim.com/
Antonyms: predictable, stable
Noun: capriciousness, caprice
Adverb: capriciously
