Adjective : a temporary need; a temporary job. From Dictionary.com.
Their temporariness is written into them. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Republicans About to Lie in Tax Cut Bed of Their Own Devising] Reference
This is a significant change from the kind of temporariness ascribed by some social network users to their accounts today (see danah boyd). From Wordnik.com. [The inside-out social network | FactoryCity] Reference
Links: data.govt, temporariness, paywall wait | The Evolving Newsroom says. From Wordnik.com. [The temporary web « BuzzMachine] Reference
Yet there was a strange air of temporariness to it, as if it might vanish in the wink of an eye. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Well, it's not just a question of the temporariness of organization... it's the source or reason that the organizational structure is temporary. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Scientist finds a "A solution to the stem cell dilemma that even the Vatican can love"] Reference
The three of us will have a few minutes of silence here while we think of the passing of a dog, and the love and joy and temporariness of dogdom. From Wordnik.com. [Words Cannot Express How Much We Will Miss Her] Reference
The temporariness of our lives is the aspect that we ostensibly poo-poo and groan about, but then when the opportunity comes to settle - for a long time!. From Wordnik.com. [Ferule & Fescue] Reference
Furthermore, she was learning more than she wanted to know about the temporariness of the restaurant business: both the restaurants themselves and their employees. From Wordnik.com. [Lawman Lover]
Tokyo has recruited foreigners for work-study schemes and training programs designed to "perpetuate the myth of temporariness," says Wayne Cornelius, an immigration expert at the University of California, San Diego. From Wordnik.com. [The Japan That Can Say Yes] Reference
My wish that its temporariness is almost over for you. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Their effect is almost wholly one of thinness and temporariness. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
His sigh was not personal; it only meant the temporariness of all human happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of Helena Richie] Reference
I'd already become preoccupied with the body, its temporariness, and what questions this evoked. From Wordnik.com. [JewishReview.org] Reference
It was the planlessness, the flimsy temporariness of the buildings, their faded unpleasant colors. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
The temporariness must be the reason iPhone Dev released the iPod Touch 2G jailbreak solution silently. From Wordnik.com. [Tech Ticker] Reference
He also stopped thinking about moving, "so there ceased to be any temporariness about what I was doing.". From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
However, tragedies early on in her life made her acutely aware of the temporariness of life here on earth. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Fire] Reference
This method produces homes somewhere between the permanence of stone and mortar, and the temporariness of prefabs. From Wordnik.com. [Haaretz.com headlines RSS] Reference
"Transitory" is slightly preferable in that, though the element of temporariness is present in both words, it is more strongly emphasized in the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste] Reference
"If they fall beyond Armenian control, then an atmosphere of temporariness will hang over any status of Karabakh and suppress the Armenians," it claims. From Wordnik.com. [«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան] Reference
We also assumed there is going to be relatively some temporariness launch that happened in skin and pneumonia and so at the time we are expecting a little bit higher ramp. From Wordnik.com. [Theravance Inc. Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference
For another thing, such a transitory transition fits right in with all the other temporariness in our everyday lives: temporary hair dye, temporary credit cards and cell phones and computer files. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The dual intent refers to the fact that they are on a visa, which implies temporariness (all nonimmigrant visas are temporary) while applying for a Green Card, implying the intent to remain permanently. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The managers at Rockstar San Diego continue in their dishonesty, pushing their employees to the brink promising temporariness fully equipped with the knowledge of another deadline just around the corner. From Wordnik.com. [CS-Nation Forums] Reference
After all, the permanence (or semi-permanence) - or the temporariness of outsourcing's presence in your operations - can affect resource acquisition, internal processes, security clearance, and budget allocation. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News from SOA World Magazine] Reference
Slide 19: Survey: lessons Few norwegian Medicine 2.0 services in health sites Unresolved issues - ownership, quality, accountability, privacy, "chronic temporariness" Potential benefits September 7, 2008 19. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
This sense of never having really arrived in America, of still having one foot in the 'old country 'is what gives it a sense of dynamism, but also a sense of temporariness and dissatisfaction which probably feeds through into both religiosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It could be, I suppose, that the sadness is in me and is merely intensified by the temporariness of a movie set, the muddle, the flimsy-seeming nature of everything that’s happening. From Wordnik.com. [HOLLYWOOD] Reference
"We're living in a situation of protracted temporariness. From Wordnik.com. [JPost.com - Front Page] Reference
During that temporariness, they need some intervention, "the Prime Minister stated. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Information Service] Reference
On the other hand, it must show restraint in applying its powers in light of the temporariness of the transitional government, which does not enjoy the confidence of the Knesset. ". From Wordnik.com. [Israel Hasbara Committee] Reference
On the other hand, it must show restraint in applying its powers in light of the temporariness of the transitional government, which does not enjoy the confidence of the Knesset, "he added. From Wordnik.com. [Israel Hasbara Committee] Reference
"Added value implies temporariness?. From Wordnik.com. [OnlineAthens: Top Headlines] Reference
"tabernacle" often times denotes temporariness. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians] Reference
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