as in inflexible
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Recent Examples of inelastic
Those anxieties are based on the incorrect assumption that demand is fixed, or inelastic, and hence insensitive to price and cost changes.
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James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly these trends are making OECD demand even more inelastic.
Oil growth outside the OECD is primarily in India and China.
—Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
But companies that sell consumer goods with inelastic demand (an unchanging demand regardless of the times) are usually a good option.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
After inelastic response comes failure, which means the crust breaks, potentially producing conduits for magma to reach the surface ... in other words: eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly these trends are making OECD demand even more inelastic.
Oil growth outside the OECD is primarily in India and China.
—Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
But companies that sell consumer goods with inelastic demand (an unchanging demand regardless of the times) are usually a good option.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
After inelastic response comes failure, which means the crust breaks, potentially producing conduits for magma to reach the surface ... in other words: eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
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If that were so, gestures would be a relatively limited, inflexible mode of communication — not much like language or human gestures at all.—
Brandon Keim,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Leaders who habitually use such expressions may appear inflexible or unwilling to entertain differing opinions.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The combination of environmental regulations protecting chaparral, combined with the dense residential areas near it, mean that prescribed fire is very infrequently used in Southern California.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The village is small and dense, lined with crumbling structures and the exploded remains of cars.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.—
Michael Bennon,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Aug. 2023
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Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.—
Sarah Dadouch,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2023
Adjective
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Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a Siberian husky who’d helped deliver medicine across a frozen frontier to halt a deadly epidemic.—
David Kindy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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To make a quick raspberry compote, mix 2 cups of frozen raspberries with 1/4 cup of raspberry jam and cook over medium heat until thick.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Only complex tasks requiring heavy computational resources would be sent to remote servers.—
Wei Duan,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that can help some process such a heavy and traumatic event, according to Marni Amsellem, a licensed psychologist.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The tape trades each marginal dose of news, and these will be pertinent ones over compressed time frames.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.—
Remy Tumin,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.—
Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.—
Andrew Wendler,
Car and Driver,
8 Aug. 2023
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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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