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English Dictionary: short-lived by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-lived
adj
  1. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
    Synonym(s): ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Short-lived \Short"-lived`\, a.
      Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a
      short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived
      passion.
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