Word info

not long for

Adjective

Meaning

not long for (not comparable)

(Of a place, position etc) Not destined or planning to remain
She's not long for this place, she's too ambitious
I'm not long for this job, I've upset the boss too many times

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. André Gide

If all money capital invests in appropriation and none in actual production, then capitalism is not long for this world. David Harvey

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love. Jamaica Kincaid

[On General William Boykin] I hope he's not long for this world. Nina Totenberg

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