short-lived
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short-lived
- /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/ US
- /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/ US
Where it comes from
From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).
adjective shorter-lived · shortest-lived · shortlived
- Alive or existent for only a short period of time. But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
- Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
