Question

transient It's a college town, so much of its population is transient. ˈtrænʒənt

Accepted Answer

(1) Not lasting long; short-lived. (2) Passing through a place and staying only briefly. A transient mood is one that passes quickly. A brief stopover in a town on your way to somewhere else is a transient visit. A summer job on a farm is transient work, lasting only as long as the growing season. You may occasionally experience a transient episode of dizziness or weakness, which vanishes without a trace. As a noun, transient means a person who passes through a place, staying only briefly. The hoboes and tramps of earlier years were some of our most colorful transients, known for hopping freight trains, panhandling on the street, and stealing homemade pies cooling on the windowsill

word	transient
definition	(1) Not lasting long; short-lived. (2) Passing through a place and staying only briefly.
eg_sentence	It's a college town, so much of its population is transient.
explanation	A transient mood is one that passes quickly. A brief stopover in a town on your way to somewhere else is a transient visit. A summer job on a farm is transient work, lasting only as long as the growing season. You may occasionally experience a transient episode of dizziness or weakness, which vanishes without a trace. As a noun, transient means a person who passes through a place, staying only briefly. The hoboes and tramps of earlier years were some of our most colorful transients, known for hopping freight trains, panhandling on the street, and stealing homemade pies cooling on the windowsill
IPA	ˈtrænʒənt

Transient Lasting Staying Briefly Passes Long Short Lived Passing