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US
/ˌɪnəˈɫæstɪk/
]
[ UK /ɪnɪlˈɑːstɪk/ ]
[ UK /ɪnɪlˈɑːstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not elastic
economists speak of an inelastic price structure
How To Use inelastic In A Sentence
- But late signs can be severe including sunken eyes, inelastic skin and without urine output.
- May 7, 2010, 11: 58 am zuch says: wm13: openvolokh, the issues you raise (inelastic supply curves, cartelization, producers with monopoly pricing power) are covered in a standard Econ 101 course. The Volokh Conspiracy » Ideology and Economic Ignorance
- The resulting rigid and mechanically isolated bundles may then inelastically transmit traction over a greater range than in a uniformly elastic material.
- Over time, too much sun can age the skin, making it leathery and inelastic.
- The problem with that logic is that much spending is actually designed to save money, or to compensate for things that economists call "inelastic" in the market. Paul Tullis: What Obama Forgot About Change in Washington
- Most of the increase in consumption will occur in the transportation sector where demand for petroleum is inelastic.
- When the calf muscles press against the rigid, inelastic bandage, they pump more effectively facilitating removal of fluid from the extremity.
- That's the mantra of many a hack desperate to meet an inelastic deadline or dying to use a bombastic headline.
- The term inelastic simply refers to a good whose demand is relatively unresponsive to a change in price. Forbes.com: News
- When the deformation exceeds the elastic limit of the object, it undergoes inelastic deformation.