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random response

[ˈrændəm rɪˈspɑːns]
nounpl: random responses
resposta aleatória
1. A reply or answer given without deliberate thought, planning, or pattern; an unpredictable or arbitrary reaction
His random response to the question surprised everyone in the meeting.
Sua resposta aleatória à pergunta surpreendeu todos na reunião.
2. In statistics and computing, a response selected without bias from a set of possibilities
The system generated a random response from the database of stored answers.
O sistema gerou uma resposta aleatória a partir do banco de dados de respostas armazenadas.
Synonyms
arbitrary responseunpredictable answerchance replyhaphazard response
Antonyms
deliberate responseplanned answerconsidered replyintentional response

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
resposta aleatória
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
resposta aleatória
Common in business and tech contexts
Portugal
resposta aleatória
Standard European Portuguese; also 'resposta ao acaso'

Related Idioms & Phrases

shot in the dark
off the top of one's head
just a guess
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