inelastic
/ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk/
inelastic adjective: lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding.
Adjective
inelastic (comparative more inelastic, superlative most inelastic)
- Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding.
- He spoke languidly, and only those few words, like a watch with an inelastic spring, that just ticks a moment or two and stops again.1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance
- I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.1913, Winston Churchill, The Inside Of The Cup
- Insensitive to changes in price.
- perfectly inelastic supply
- A different approach is needed now, as there is more discretionary travel which, unlike the use of season tickets, does not have inelastic demand characteristics.2023 April 3, 'Industry Insider', “Passengers returning to rail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 68
- Resistant to swings during elections; predictable.
inelastic meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
inelastic in Tamil
- மீள்திறனற்ற, மீள்திறனில்லா, மீள்திறனிலா, மீள்சக்தியற்ற, மீள்சத்தியின்றிய, மீள்தகவற்ற
inelastic in Urdu
- بےلچک, بےلوچ, سخت
inelastic in Tagalog
- lacking elasticity
- diigkasin
Examples of inelastic in a sentence
- Hence, the demand schedule for loanable funds to invest in nonsecurities is inelastic.
- The second is that demand for gambling is price inelastic.
- With a relatively inelastic IS curve and a relatively elastic LM curve Keynesianism became synonymous with 'fiscalism' and policies to fine tune the macroeconomy.
Forms of inelastic
| comparative | more inelastic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inelastic |
Origin of inelastic
From in- + elastic.
Words formed from inelastic
Phrases with inelastic
Words that rhyme with inelastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
- anaclastic
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- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
- esemplastic
Questions about inelastic
- What does inelastic mean?
- Inelastic means lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding.
- What is inelastic in Tamil?
- Inelastic in Tamil is மீள்திறனற்ற, மீள்திறனில்லா, மீள்திறனிலா. See Inelastic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inelastic?
- Inelastic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inelastic?
- Inelastic is pronounced /ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk/ (US).
Words near inelastic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inelastic (page history and authors); inelastic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inelastic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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