short-term
Origin of short-term
Related Words for short-term
limited, interim, momentary, acting, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, makeshift, mortal, passing, perishable, provisional, provisory, shortExamples from the Web for short-term
Contemporary Examples of short-term
The Affordable Care Act was always a short-term political loser with respect to middle-class voters.
Cheshire is supposed to be a “short-term” facility, with 60 percent of its prisoners awaiting trial.
But blaming contemporary politics for the deep roots of inequality in Scotland is a misdirected, short-term fixation.
But as the increasing backlash against clickbait shows, the short-term gains in unique views may cost news sites in the long run.
This growing clickbait awareness may ultimately cost news agencies that are gunning for short-term gains.
Historical Examples of short-term
Marriage, if at all considered, has become a short-term contract.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
The other fellers further on there, in chains, is short-term men.
Blue LightsR.M. Ballantyne
On short-term training they were rarely allotted to important work.
Merchantmen-at-ArmsDavid W. Bone
But the problems of hunger cannot be solved by short-term measures.
They have to alter the genes—acquired characters would be of use only in a short-term project, and this is long-term.
One WayMiriam Allen deFord