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at random
With no discernable pattern or reasoning. We will choose a raffle winner at random.
at random
by chance; haphazard. The lottery numbers are chosen at random. As a prank, the children dialed phone numbers at random.
at random
Without order or fixed purpose, haphazardly, as in Jackson Pollock dropped paints on canvas seemingly at random. Originally this phrase meant "very speedily" and "heedlessly." Shakespeare had the present usage in 1 Henry VI (5:3): "He talks at random; sure the man is mad." [Late 1500s]
at random
Without a governing design, method, or purpose; unsystematically: chose a card at random from the deck.