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View definitions for shortlived

shortlived

adjective as in perishable

adjective as in temporal

adjective as in brief

adjective as in transitory

adjective as in ad interim

adjective as in ephemeral

adjective as in evanescent

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Example Sentences

My pretence of happiness was shortlived, for at the next moment I made another mistake.

This boldness was shortlived, for the Indian Massacre of 1622 tended to narrow the area under cultivation for that year.

In front of me I have a copy of the shortlived Daily Republican, which once was printed there.

Anarchy, therefore, is usually shortlived, and perishes of inanition.

Will you frame it in such a way that it must inevitably be shortlived?

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On this page you'll find 833 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shortlived, such as: insufficient, limited, meager, scant, slight, and bantam.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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