Short-lived
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
Short-lived (comparative shorter-lived, superlative shortest-lived)
- Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
- But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
Notes
- The pronunciation /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/ (the second syllable rhyming with hived) is more consistent with the etymology (since the term comes from the noun life rather than the verb live), and was formerly more common; however, the pronunciation /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/ (the second syllable pronounced as the verb lived) is more common today.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
Related terms
Translations
not existent for a long time
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