- proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.
- Building Trades.
- (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles.
- (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses.
- constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.
- Slang.
- unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place: A couple of random guys showed up at the party.
- odd or unpredictable, often in an amusing way: my totally random life.
- something that is random, or a random state or condition: different statistical methods used to estimate randoms.
- Slang.
- a person or thing that is unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place.
- a person or thing that is odd or unpredictable.
- bank3 (def. 7b).
- without uniformity: random-sized slates.
- without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience.
- lacking any definite plan or prearranged order; haphazard
- statistics
- having a value which cannot be determined but only described probabilistically
- chosen without regard to any characteristics of the individual members of the population so that each has an equal chance of being selected
- (of a person) unknown
- in a purposeless fashion; not following any prearranged order
