short-lived

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: This proved a fruitful, albeit relatively short-lived, source of business for Paxman.
• sadly: Tom Fleming's time at the Lyceum was sadly short-lived.
• fairly: The service was run almost exclusively by the batch of Duple bodied Tigers as illustrated and was fairly short-lived, lasting about a year.
• usually: Side effects are uncommon and usually short-lived and mild, but you may notice a slight tummy upset for a while.
• rather: The Roman Catholic church of the perhaps rather short-lived Vatican II era spoke about the ' pilgrim church ' .
• extremely: Critics might argue that the process was a sham, based upon a tactical repositioning of republicanism which proved extremely short-lived.

Preposition: as

minute: Joy was short-lived as two minutes later Foot headed his second.

Modifies a noun

• radioactivity: Shallow burial of short-lived waste Waste with short-lived radioactivity buried just below the surface.
• isotope: Initially, it is placed in cooling ponds to allow short-lived radioactive isotopes to decay.
• sitcom: America's Funniest Home Videos made its debut on Sunday night, January 14th, 1990, replacing a short-lived sitcom called Free Spirit.
• perennial: Tomatoes, although technically short-lived perennials, are treated as annuals and raised from seed each year.
• phenomenon: Worst of all, this hi-tech gift economy isn't just a short-lived phenomenon.
• episode: Unfortunately, this was another short-lived episode in Austin's annals.

Used with adjective complement

prove: The " retirement, " of course, proved short-lived.

Preposition: in

soil: Persistence and Spread: Soft brome seeds have minimal dormancy and are short-lived in soil.