As you won't live forever, of course, your housing accommodations are impermanent.
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Impermanent
Synonyms for "impermanent" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
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Related words (40)
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Antonyms
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1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
Translations
11 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- непостоянен adj (not permanent)
- неустойчив adj (not permanent)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 暫時 /暂时 adj (not permanent)
- 短暫 /短暂 adj (not permanent)
- 非永久的 adj (not permanent)
French
1 entries- impermanent adj (not permanent)
Italian
3 entries- provvisorio adj (not permanent)
- temporaneo adj (not permanent)
- transitorio adj (not permanent)
Latin
2 entries- impermanēns adj (not permanent)
- imperpetuālis adj (not permanent)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
"All conditioned things are impermanent"; when one sees this wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
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"Casper, do you know what is 'wabi-sabi' in Japanese aesthetics?" "David, I don't know." "Well, it's the appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Some examples are the moss that grows on rocks and tree branches, and the green patina on a copper teapot." "It sounds like a complex concept." "Actually, one of the characteristics of 'wabi-sabi' is simplicity."
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No matter how hard one tries to make things seem permanent, one has to realize that this whole world is indeed impermanent.
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