4
transient(adjective, transient)
4
unstable(adjective, weak, uncertain, doubtful, unsettled)
4
volatile(adjective, transient)
3
aimless
3
cursory(adjective, transient)
3
evanescent(adjective, transient)
3
fickle(adjective, transient)
3
flickering(adjective, transient)
3
flitting(adjective, transient)
3
floating
3
instantaneous(adjective, transient)
3
itinerant(adjective, moving, idle, unsettled, traveling)
3
mortal(adjective, transient)
3
passing(adjective, transient)
3
shifting(adjective, transient)
3
temporal(adjective, transient)
3
transitory(adjective, transient)
2
fluctuant(adjective, weak, uncertain, nervous, unstable)
2
fly-by-night(adjective, moving, uncertain, nervous, idle)
2
roving(adjective, moving, idle, unsettled, traveling)
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