ephemeral
- lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
- lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
- anything short-lived, as certain insects.
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short-lived, fleeting, transitory, short, temporary, brief, fugitive, transient, volatile, episodic, evanescent, flitting, impermanent, fugaciousExamples from the Web for ephemeral
Contemporary Examples of ephemeral
Following an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.
Whatever his approval ratings, the Russian leader knows how ephemeral they can be.
Most news articles were just as ephemeral, but it has become harder to pretend.
It may all be ephemeral, because most of politics is ephemeral, a cynical means to the end of getting elected.
But as stimulus goes, the I-stimulus strikes me as a pretty narcissistic and ephemeral one.
The Annoying iPhone 5 Frenzy: Don’t Believe the Economic Stimulus HypeDaniel Gross
September 24, 2012
Historical Examples of ephemeral
And what are the haughtiest of us, but the ephemeral aristocrats of a summer's day?
The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
Life is precarious as the fall of a die at best an ephemeral business.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
Must not the fame that is instantaneous prove hollow and ephemeral?
Some readers may smile at the notion of taking seriously these ephemeral productions.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
And so of children's play-books as well as their work-books; these are as ephemeral as their other toys.
The Book-HunterJohn Hill Burton
ephemeral
- lasting for only a short time; transitory; short-livedephemeral pleasure
- a short-lived organism, such as the mayfly
- a plant that completes its life cycle in less than one year, usually less than six months