impermanent.

Not expected or able to remain indefinitely.

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Words that belong together

• impermanent shelter
• impermanent arrangement

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The settlement began with impermanent shelters beside the river.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.