short-lived

[ shawrt-lahyvd, -livd ]

adjective

1. living or lasting only a little while.

short-lived

adjective

1. living or lasting only for a short time

Other Words From

• short-livedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of short-lived¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

The causes of neurodegenerative diseases are largely mysterious, but the current thinking is that they involve inflammation, a normal function of the immune system that is usually short-lived in response to infections or wounds.

From Science Daily

But any existential panic ignited by that slow start ultimately was short-lived.

From Los Angeles Times

Penske was on the board of the short-lived Ontario Motor Speedway in the 1970s, then built the California Speedway on the site of the Kaiser Steel mill in 1994.

From Los Angeles Times

Morgan, a former Wales under-20s player, who also turned out for his hometown club Bridgend, saw his short-lived professional career hampered by injuries.

From BBC

I wasn’t expecting to write such a sentence about an abstract and some might even say abstruse Sondheim musical that has had only one short-lived Broadway revival.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• brief
• ephemeral
• fleeting
• momentary
• short-term
• temporary
• transitory