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Definition: (adjective) Lasting a very short time.
Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transitory, transient.
Usage: Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived, as fighting resumed within hours.
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  1. short-handed Definition: (adjective) Lacking the usual or necessary number of workers, employees, or assistants. Synonyms: undermanned, understaffed. Usage: Three of our waitresses called in sick today, so we are rather short-handed at the moment. Discuss

  2. choleric Definition: (adjective) Quickly aroused to anger. Synonyms: hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered. Usage: Gordon was a man by nature ill-suited to be a schoolmaster: he was impatient and choleric. Discuss

  3. substandard Definition: (adjective) Falling short of some prescribed norm. Synonyms: deficient, inferior. Usage: Substandard housing endangers the welfare of residents. Discuss

  4. drowse Definition: (verb) Sleep lightly or for a short period of time. Synonyms: doze, snooze. Usage: Through one after another of those gray days Alexander drowsed and mused, drinking in the grateful moisture. Discuss

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