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