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short-lived

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/ / /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/

adj

Etymology: From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).

  1. 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.

  2. Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.