transient
/ˈtræn·ʃənt/, /-dʒənt/, /-zi·ənt/ adj [not gradable]Definition
› lasting for only a short time; temporary: The weakness was transient, and soon I was feeling strong again. › Transient also means staying for only a short time: Transient workers come to pick apples and then head south to harvest other crops. transient /ˈtræn·ʃənt/, /-dʒənt/, /-zi·ənt/ n [C] › Even transients just staying a day or two pay sales taxes.
(Definition of transient adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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