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shorter-lived

shorter-lived is the comparative form of short-lived.

Meaning of short-lived

Adjective

short-lived (comparative shorter-lived, superlative shortest-lived)

  1. Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
    • But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
  2. Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.

Questions about shorter-lived

What is shorter-lived the comparative form of?
Shorter-lived is the comparative form of short-lived.

Words near shorter-lived in the dictionary

  1. shorter-distance
  2. shorter-grain
  3. shorter-grained
  4. shorter-haired
  5. shorter-haul
  6. shorter-lived
  7. shorter-run
  8. shorter-term
  9. shorteralls
  10. shorters
  11. Shortess

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