Synset

not permanent; not lasting
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

sample sentences

"politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber
"impermanent palm cottages"
"a temperary arrangement"
"temporary housing"

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derivationally related form

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antonym

derivationally related form

impermanency impermanence

semantic pointers

also see

attribute

permanence, permanency

similar to

acting passing, short-lived, ephemeral, transient, transitory, fugacious episodic evanescent fly-by-night improvised, makeshift, jury-rigged interim pro tem, pro tempore shipboard temporal terminable working