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 Word Forms

• short-livedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of short-lived¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

However, the problem is that the market recovery can be short-lived if early profit-taking is experienced when the markets rebound quicker than expected, he told MarketWatch on Friday.

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However, the problem is that the market recovery can be short-lived if early profit-taking is experienced when the markets rebound quicker than expected, he told MarketWatch on Friday.

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The prior selloffs were ultimately short-lived because the underlying fundamentals around tech stocks and AI never changed—and they still hasn’t.

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Enthusiasm over Nvidia’s earnings report and what its forecast suggested about the artificial intelligence trade was short-lived, dragging down tech stocks and Bitcoin, which continued its slide early Friday to its lowest level since April.

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Enthusiasm over Nvidia’s earnings report and what its forecast suggested about the artificial intelligence trade was short-lived, dragging down tech stocks and Bitcoin, which continued its slide early Friday to its lowest level since April.

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Related Words

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