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short-term

 adjective
     
short-term [usually before noun]
continuing for only a short time, or relating only to the period that is not very far into the future [≠ long-term]:
The treatment may bring short-term benefits to AIDS sufferers.
Most of the staff are on short-term contracts.
She's suffering from short-term memory loss.

➔ short term

at term1 (4)
—short-term adverb
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