short-lived

American  

[shawrt-lahyvd, -livd] / ˈʃɔrtˈlaɪvd, -ˈlɪvd /

adjective

1. living or lasting only a little while.

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short-lived British  

adjective

1. living or lasting only for a short time

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Other Word Forms

• short-livedness noun

Etymology

Origin of short-lived

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

The reprieve is short-lived: Voting begins on Feb. 26, when the brutal math of awards season will reassert itself, meaning roughly 80% of them will head home on Oscar night empty-handed.

From Los Angeles Times

A short-lived decline in inflation that takes it below target is unlikely to prompt action by the European Central Bank, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said in a speech at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the weather to dry up, this pattern needs to change and a short-lived reprieve may be on the way.

From BBC

The Havana Spring, as it was called in Cuba, was short-lived.

From The Wall Street Journal

These worlds appear to be in a short-lived and chaotic stage of rapid change, offering a glimpse of what many mature planetary systems once looked like.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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