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impermanent

 
Dictionary: im·per·ma·nent   (ĭm-pûr'mə-nənt) pronunciation
adj.
Not lasting or durable; not permanent.

impermanence im·per'ma·nence or im·per'ma·nen·cy n.

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adjective

    Intended, used, or present for a limited time: interim, provisional, short-range, short-term, temporary. See continue/stop/pause.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not permanent; not lasting
  Synonym: temporary
  Antonym: permanent (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: existing or enduring for a limited time only


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - midlertidig, foreløbig, forbigående

Nederlands (Dutch)
tijdelijk

Français (French)
adj. - provisoire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorübergehend, unbeständig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παροδικός, πρόσκαιρος, προσωρινός

Italiano (Italian)
temporaneo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - transitório

Русский (Russian)
непродолжительный, временный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inestable, temporal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - obeständig, provisorisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
暂时的, 非永久的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 暫時的, 非永久的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일시적인, 덧없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 永続しない, 一時的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤقت, زائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארעי‬


 
 
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