short-lived

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short-lived

The fireworks display was short-lived but spectacular.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Lasting for only a brief period; not enduring. Describes something that exists, happens, or is effective for a very short time before ending or disappearing.

Usage and Examples

The adjective "short-lived" is used to modify a noun, indicating that the thing it describes has a brief duration.

  • Typical Usage:

    • Their happiness was short-lived; the bad news arrived soon after.
    • The company's success proved to be short-lived.
    • We experienced a short-lived period of warm weather before the cold returned.

  • Common Collocations:

    • a short-lived victory/celebration/triumph
    • a short-lived career/relationship/trend
    • a short-lived feeling/emotion (e.g., joy, hope, anger)
    • a short-lived phenomenon/experiment
Advanced Usage and Nuance

  • Comparative and Superlative Forms: While "more short-lived" and "most short-lived" are grammatically correct, the hyphenated form is typically used as a fixed compound adjective. The comparative concept is often expressed with "even more short-lived" or simply "shorter-lived."

    • The first rebellion was short-lived, but the second was even more short-lived.

  • Hyphenation Note: "Short-lived" is a compound adjective and is almost always hyphenated, especially when it appears before the noun it modifies (e.g., a short-lived trend). The hyphen may sometimes be omitted when it follows a linking verb (e.g., The trend was short lived), but hyphenation is standard in formal writing.

Variants and Related Words
  • Short-livedness (noun): The quality or state of being short-lived. (Less common)
    • The short-livedness of internet fame is well-documented.
Synonyms
  • Ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time (often with a poetic or literary tone).
  • Transient: Lasting only for a short time; temporary or impermanent.
  • Fleeting: Passing swiftly; vanishing quickly.
  • Brief: Of short duration.
  • Temporary: Lasting for a limited time only; not permanent.
  • Momentary: Lasting for a very short time.
  • Fugacious (literary): Fleeting, lasting a very short time.
Antonyms
  • Long-lived
  • Enduring
  • Lasting
  • Permanent
  • Everlasting
  • Perennial
Idioms and Phrases
  • Here today, gone tomorrow: This idiom conveys a similar idea of brief existence and is often used interchangeably with "short-lived" in a more proverbial style.
    • Fashion trends are here today, gone tomorrow.
short-lived

The fireworks display was short-lived but spectacular.

Adjective
  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

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