Sentence examples for capricious action from inspiring English sources
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are also involved, and safeguards are in place to prevent capricious action.
In layman's terms, "arbitrary and capricious" action by a lower court or an agency means the action was totally unreasonable and in disregard of the facts.
Trade can only flourish where the rule of law cannot be compromised by capricious actions of sovereign states when the political winds shift.
This is yet another example of out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats making rules in a vacuum and acting with absolutely no regard for the impact their arbitrary and capricious actions have on our economy".
This Parliament should be seated without further delay so that it can get to work on serious problems like national reconciliation, pressing for more effective governance and reining in Mr. Karzai's increasingly arbitrary and capricious actions.
To attract foreign money Luzhkov gives it protection against the frequently capricious actions of the bureaucracy.
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) denounces the actions taken by the MSNBC journalists for their capricious actions, lack of judgment, insensitivity and attack of the Mexican community.
It violates the 1946 Administrative Powers Act against arbitrary or capricious actions or the abuse of executive discretion, especially when unsupported by substantial evidence of the need for action.
If the economic and wider arguments for maintaining continuity of air traffic flow (without which many nations could find their ability to keep going during a pandemic severely impaired) are not well researched and understood beforehand, arbitrary and capricious actions such as panic closure of borders, possibly leading to an abrupt global shut-down, could well result.
"The F.C.C. decision today is a textbook case of arbitrary and capricious government action," said Chase Carey, chairman and chief executive of Fox Television.
