short-livedadjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈlɪvd/us/ˌʃɔːrtˈlɪvd//ˌʃɔːrtˈlaɪvd/If a feeling or experience is short-lived, it only lasts for a short time:
I had a few relationships at college, most of which were fairly short-lived.
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Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- be a nine days' wonder idiom
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- here
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- interim
- makeshift
- nine
- pop up
- provisional
- scratch
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
- temporary
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