impermanent (redirected from impermanently)

im·per·ma·nent  (m-pûrm-nnt)

adj.

Not lasting or durable; not permanent.

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im·perma·nence, im·perma·nen·cy n.

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impermanent

Adjective

not permanent; fleeting

impermanence n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	impermanent - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" temporary unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
	2.	impermanent - existing or enduring for a limited time only finite - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

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impermanent

adjective temporary, passing, brief, fleeting, elusive, mortal, short-lived, flying, fugitive, transient, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, perishable, fly-by-night (informal) evanescent, inconstant, fugacious, here today, gone tomorrow (informal)