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UK
/ɪmpˈɜːmənənt/
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ADJECTIVE
- existing or enduring for a limited time only
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not permanent; not lasting
temporary housing
a temperary arrangement
politics is an impermanent factor of life
impermanent palm cottages
How To Use impermanent In A Sentence
- Why not respect the intention implied by the choice of impermanent materials and the adoption of quick and casual techniques?
- Often translated as "impermanent," it's actually the negative of nicca, which means constant or dependable. All About Change by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- The things that belong to the visible realm are transitory and impermanent.
- But amitié amoureuse is an impermanent state if it precedes l'amour. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
- He seeks benefit from things which do him injury, thinks the impermanent to be permanent, sees the highest good in that which is evil, and yet he does not see that death is coming upon him.
- Now, the difference between "impermanent" and "inconstant" may seem semantic, but it's crucial to the way anicca functions in the Buddha's teachings. All About Change by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- His skin, his fingernails, the hair on his forearm, everything looked vulnerable and impermanent and tender. THE SAVING GRACES
- Even the permanent collection appears impermanent.
- The notion that life is transient, that the material is impermanent, is common to many religious and philosophical systems.
- With analysis, we discover that nature in this world of form is impermanent, same as human.
