short-lived
adj/ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/US
Etymology
From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).
- derived from short-livi
Definitions
Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
- But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
- The prosperity was short-lived, and in 1828 the salt pans closed and the railway extension was lifted.
- At the end of 1927 the Communists were "purged" from the Kuomintang, and although in 1928 a short-lived soviet government had been proclaimed at Hsunyi, it was crushed by General Feng Yu-hsiang's pro-Nanking troops.
Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement)
Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
The neighborhood
- antonymlong-lasting
- antonymlong-lived
- neighborbrief
- neighborfleeting
- neighbormomentary
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for short-lived. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA