not long for this world

Adjective

Meaning

not long for this world (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Unlikely to endure for much more time.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

dying senile moribund septuagenarian senescent octogenarian nonagenarian expiring

Antonyms

young teenage juvenile immature teen youthful
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Examples

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

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

Close letter words and terms

not long before not long drive not long for not long from now not long journey not long past