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short-lived
[ shawrt-lahyvd, -livd ]
adjective
- living or lasting only a little while.
short-lived
adjective
- living or lasting only for a short time
Other Words From
- short-livedness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of short-lived1
Example Sentences
But the dream of a new dawn was short lived—at least a democratic one.
But assuming things were ever that hopeful, heaven was short-lived, and trouble followed.
I sang for a second in a rock cover band in college, but that was pretty short-lived.
I watched Tarzan movies and the short-lived Tarzan TV series.
Without the community, the ultimate destiny of any preservation project, no matter how ambitious, will be short-lived.
But the rumble of distant guns told the destroyer that his short-lived hour of triumph was nearly sped.
In 1826 Desroches made a short-lived attempt to marry Malvina d'Aldrigger.
During this period of the Renaissance, as Hadria afterwards called the short-lived epoch, little Martha was visited frequently.
The Bostonians met with a cold reception, and the short-lived pleasure was condemned as a nuisance.
"But I——" It was the courage of desperation—short-lived, alas!
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