impermanent
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mə adjective
not permanent or enduring; transitory.
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impermanent (ɪmˈpɜːmənənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not permanent; fleeting; transitory | |
| im'permanence | |
| —n | |
| im'permanency | |
| —n | |
| im'permanently | |
| —adv | |
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Impermanent
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
These important habitats are rapidly being lost to development, due to their small size and impermanent waters.
They believe in an impermanent and illusory self made of shifting parts.
Physically impermanent and of uncertain long-term value, media art requires serious commitment.
Limestone was burned in either impermanent heaps, periodic kilns, or continuous kilns.
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