| alternate(adjective, present, short, limited, brief) | |
| dependent(adjective, tentative, contingent, conditional) | |
| transitional(adjective, temporary, tentative, contingent, conditional) | |
| substitute(adjective, present, short, limited, crude) | |
| temporal(adjective, transientness) | |
| test(adjective, new, unsettled, trial, temporary) | |
| trial(adjective, new, unsettled, indefinite, untried) | |
| unstable(adjective, transientness) | |
| ad hoc(expression, adjective, idiom) | |
| ad interim(expression, adjective, idiom, continue, substitute) | |
| brief | |
| circumstantial(adjective, circumstance, incidental) | |
| fleeting | |
| momentary | |
| short-term(adjective, continue, temporary) | |
| transitory | |
| empirical(adjective, practical) | |
| evanescent | |
| fugitive | |
| given |
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