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short-lived

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

Origin:
1580–90


short-livedness, noun
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short-lived 
1588, from short (adj.) + pt. of live (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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