short-lived
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/, /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/; see usage notes below
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.
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- German: kurzlebig
- Russian: кратковре́менный
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