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short-lived

  [shawrt-lahyvd, -livd]
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–adjective
living or lasting only a little while.
Origin:
1580–90

Related forms:
short-livedness, noun
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short-lived   (shôrt'līvd', -lĭvd')   
adj.  Living or lasting only a short time; ephemeral.

[short + (long)-lived.]
Usage Note: The pronunciation (-līvd) is etymologically correct since the compound is derived from the noun life, rather than from the verb live. But the pronunciation (-lĭvd) is by now so common that it cannot be considered an error. In the most recent survey 43 percent of the Usage Panel preferred (-lĭvd), 39 percent preferred (-līvd), and 18 percent found both pronunciations equally acceptable.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : short-lived
Spanish: efímero,
German: kurzlebig,
Japanese: 短命の
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short-lived 
1588, from short (adj.) + pt. of live (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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