random

IPA: rˈændʌm

A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
(obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
1548, Edward Hall, “The triumphant reigne of Kyng Henry the VIII”, in The Union of the two noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (Hall’s Chronicle), page 82v:
(obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
(mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
(printing, historical) A frame for composing type.

Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.
(mathematics) Of or relating to probability distribution.
(computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
(somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.
(somewhat colloquial) Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause, or reason.
(colloquial) Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
(UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.

Examples of "random" in Sentences

( "UPDATE login SET random = $random WHERE id = $id"
And the only choice other than random is *not random*.
Just hanging out and what we call random hallway parties.
"Mortgage rates follow what we call a random walk, and don't bounce back from lows like most people assume," he says.
SARAH TEALE, FILMMAKER, "DEALING DOGS": A class-B dealer is someone who deals with what they call random-source dogs.
He said the sector remains too focused on charity -- what I call random acts of kindness -- rather than strategic investments.
It was not that his spirits were visibly high — he would never, in the concert of pleasure, touch the big drum by so much as a knuckle: he had a mortal dislike to the high, ragged note, to what he called random ravings.
It was not that his spirits were visibly high -- he would never, in the concert of pleasure, touch the big drum by so much as a knuckle: he had a mortal dislike to the high, ragged note, to what he called random ravings.
But, she argues, we can still hold the former group, i.e., that which she calls a random collection of individuals, responsible for the violence done to victims, since, if they had tried, they could have come up with such decision-making procedures themselves.