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passing, transient, ephemeral, transitory

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

fugitive, fleeting, momentaneous, momentary

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

brief, little

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

acting, interim

adj. performing services temporarily

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"

makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

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"

everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, eternal, unending

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

incessant, perpetual

adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

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