impermanent

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈpər-mə-nənt How to pronounce impermanent (audio)
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as in temporary
intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time built an impermanent structure to serve for the archaeologists' living quarters during the dig

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as in flash
lasting only for a short time a summer romance that was an impermanent fancy, quickly forgotten

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Recent Examples of impermanent The camera drifts, the focus slips, the figures shift; everything onscreen feels fragile and impermanent. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024 By integrating the imperfect and impermanent approach known as wabi-sabi, designer Divya Panwar gave this 732-square-foot apartment in Pune, India, a sensual touch. 5. — Anna-Lena Reith, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2024 Prior to colonization in 1919, Hutus and Tutsi were impermanent economic class categories, likely determined by the number of cattle individuals owned. — Anneliese M. Schenk-Day, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024 For 20 years, Sinologists have been rightly pointing out the strengths that have helped China avoid pitfalls common to comparable economies and polities, but the pitfalls are still real while the strengths are impermanent. — Andrew Gilholm, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2017 See All Example Sentences for impermanent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impermanent
  1. temporary
  2. flash
  3. interim
  4. brief
  5. transient
  6. transitory
  7. ephemeral
  8. passing
Adjective
  • India, the world’s second-largest country in gold jewelry demand, is going through a temporary soft patch in economic growth.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Carved out of the ground floor of the airport’s parking garage, this space was a temporary replacement for the dingy, crowded, original domestic terminal built 34 years prior, which was not handicap-accessible and had an inadequate baggage facility and a troublesome security layout.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of temporary
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  • Don’t let the lack of flash fool you — this guy is the real deal.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The German figures come a day before the scheduled release of flash inflation data for the euro area, which will be closely watched by investors for guidance on the odds of another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank.
    — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of flash
Adjective
  • Under interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, the Jets were 28th in points (26.6) and 18th in yards allowed per game (337.9).
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The club’s former women’s team’s head coach Cushing has returned as interim for the rest of the season with a primary target of qualifying for the Champions League.
    — Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of interim
Adjective
  • As a result, his answers are brief and not all that stimulating.
    — Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The brief hearing, which focused on thorny jurisdictional issues, drew hundreds of demonstrators to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to denounce the Saturday arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of brief
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  • This uncertainty is more than a transient meme storm.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Thus, selling at a low locks in a loss that may have only been transient.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of transient
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  • Related Articles Now, Detroit, which has gone from one of the league’s most disappointing teams to its one of its hottest after hiring a name-brand coach in Todd McLellan, cleared some salary cap space ahead of the trade deadline, while the Ducks plugged a transitory hole in their goalie pipeline.
    — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Some Republican economists also dismissed the idea that the fiscal stimulus would be inflationary, and financial markets suggested that investors believed that inflation would be transitory.
    — Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Definition of transitory
Adjective
  • Apps are ephemeral—the most popular ones are always changing.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Castro’s relationship to Camacho is peculiar, in the way that not many in the industry had the chance to meet this ephemeral talent.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of ephemeral
Adjective
  • Although threats were made in 2024, the ability to make good on those threats has certainly diminished in 2025 and appear to decrease with every passing day.
    — Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • With each passing week, the UEFA Conference League is growing in importance for Chelsea and their head coach Enzo Maresca.
    — Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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