Short-lived Definition

shôrtlīvd, -lĭvd
adjective
shorter-lived, shortest-lived
Having or tending to have a short life span or existence.
Webster's New World

Alive or existent for only a short period of time.

But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
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Alternative spelling of short-lived.

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Other Word Forms of Short-lived

Adjective

Base Form:
short-lived
Comparative:
shorter-lived
Superlative:
shortest-lived

Origin of Short-lived

  • From short + life + -ed.

    From Wiktionary

  • short (long)-lived

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Short-lived Sentence Examples

  • But his distress was short-lived, and he talked a number of lodgers into a late afternoon dip at the pool.

  • Dean's victory was short lived.

  • In 1717, however, Cardinal Alberoni retook Cagliari for Spain; but this state of things was short-lived, for in 1720, by the treaty of London, Sardinia passed in exchange for Sicily to the dukes of Savoy, to whom it brought the royal title.

  • But his success was short-lived, for in 1029 the Norwegian nobles, seething with discontent, rallied round the invading Knut the Great, and Olaf had to flee to Russia.

  • These German popes were short-lived and inefficient.

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Words Starting With

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DEDVED

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Words Starting With S and Ending With D

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