short-lived

[ shawrt-lahyvd, -livd ]
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adjective
  1. living or lasting only a little while.

Origin of short-lived

1
First recorded in 1580–90

Other words from short-lived

  • short-livedness, noun

Words Nearby short-lived

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How to use short-lived in a sentence

  • But the rumble of distant guns told the destroyer that his short-lived hour of triumph was nearly sped.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • In 1826 Desroches made a short-lived attempt to marry Malvina d'Aldrigger.

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
  • 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.

    A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene
  • "But I——" It was the courage of desperation—short-lived, alas!

    The Secret Witness | George Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for short-lived

short-lived

adjective
  1. living or lasting only for a short time

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