capricious

• The selection of the town and the siting are both arbitrary and capricious, and I believe the actions are illegal. —  Lowell Sun Forum
• Moorcock's portrayal of magic is exactly the way I like it-powerful and capricious, accessed through great grimoires capable of summoning great powers of darkness, but also prone to turn on the caster in unpredictable ways. —  SFFaudio
• They are asking the court to vacate the FCC's order on the grounds that it is "arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise not in accordance with the law." allow companies to use white spaces, or the radio airwaves not used by television broadcasters, for wireless broadband.
• But the broadcast associations are now saying the decision was "arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise not in accordance with the law." —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
• But he was a little spoiled and capricious, and, like many people of rather small capacities (whether young or old), he was often unintentionally inconsiderate. —  A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son

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