short-lived

  • 31short-lived — UK [ˌʃɔː(r)t ˈlɪvd] / US [ˌʃɔrt ˈlɪvd] adjective lasting for a short period of time …

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  • 32short-lived — [ˌʃɔːt ˈlɪvd] adj lasting for a short period of time …

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  • 33short-lived — adjective lasting a very short time (Freq. 2) the ephemeral joys of childhood a passing fancy youth s transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms • Syn: ↑ephemeral, ↑ …

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  • 34short-lived — a. Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, transitory …

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  • 35short-lived — adj momentary, temporary, of brief duration, impermanent, mortal, unenduring, brief, fleeting, passing, fading, transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, Both Med. monohemer ous, monemerous; evanescent, ephemeral, mercurial, volatile …

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  • 36short-lived — /ˈʃɔt lɪvd/ (say shawt livd) adjective living or lasting only a little while …

  • 37Center for Short-Lived Phenomena — The Center for Short Lived Phenomena (CSLP) was an office at the Smithsonian Institution from 1968 to 1975 [http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2002/february/small.php] designed to assist Smithsonian scientists in studying unusual short… …

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  • 38Short-lived Ministry — On 10 February 1746, following the resignation of the government of Henry Pelham, the Earl of Bath undertook the formation of a ministry. However, it only lasted two days, ending on 12 February even before all the members could be appointed, and… …

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  • 39-lived — / līvd or sometimes livd/ combining form Denoting having life (eg long lived) • • • Main Entry: ↑live * * * lived «lyvd», combining form. having a life: »Long lived = having a long life. * * * /ˌlıvd/ combining form : having a life of a specified …

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  • 40short — 1 adj 1: treated or disposed of quickly in court the calendar for short causes 2 a: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices a seller who was short at the time of the sale b: consisting of or relating to… …

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