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interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag

n. the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

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interim

adj. serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"

functioning

adj. performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative

adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

episodic

adj. limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

fly-by-night

adj. ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"

improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

temporal

adj. not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

terminable

adj. capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity"

visiting, guest

adj. staying temporarily: "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor"

permanent, lasting

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

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