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inelastic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective inelastic has 1 sense
- inelastic(a = adj.all) Array - not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure" Antonym: elastic
Derived form noun inelasticity1
CIDE DICTIONARY
inelastic, a.
- Not elastic. [1913 Webster]
- reacting little to changing price; -- of demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
inelastic, adj.
1 not elastic.
2 unadaptable, inflexible, unyielding.
1 not elastic.
2 unadaptable, inflexible, unyielding.
Derivative
inelastically adv. inelasticity n.
THESAURUS
inelastic
adamant, adamantine, cast-iron, dour, firm, flinty, grim, hard, hard-core, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inductile, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, intractable, intractile, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, irresilient, nonelastic, nonstretchable, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, steely, stern, stiff, stubborn, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unextendible, unextensible, unflexible, ungiving, unlimber, unmalleable, unmoved, unpliable, unpliant, unrelenting, untractable, unyieldingROGET THESAURUS
inelastic
Softness
N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.Inelasticity
N inelasticity, want of elasticity, absence of elasticity, inelasticity, unyielding, inelastic, inflexible, irresilient.
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