Short-lived - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɔːrt ˈlɪvd|  American pronunciation of the word short-lived
Brit.  |ʃɔːtˈlɪvd|  British pronunciation of the word short-lived

adjective

- lasting a very short time (syn: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transient, transitory)

Extra examples

...the short-lived Sedition Act of 1798 made it illegal to calumniate the President of the United States...

...the democratic regime proved to be a short-lived interregnum between dictatorships...

...plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage...

...in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities...

...a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances...

...yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast...

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