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inelastic

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɪnɪˈlæstɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′i las′tik)

in•e•las•tic (in′i las′tik),USA pronunciation adj.

Businessnot elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience;
unyielding.
Business[Econ.]relatively unresponsive to changes, as demand when it fails to increase in proportion to a decrease in price. Cf. elastic (def. 6).

in-³ + elastic 1740–50

'inelastic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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Synonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unstretching, more...

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