inelastic

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Recent Examples of inelastic Procter and Gamble has also now paid a dividend for 136 consecutive years — yet another indicator of the inelastic nature of the consumer demand for its products. Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 At the site, the team used a technique known as inelastic neutron scattering, that is defined as an event where neutrons lose or gain energy by transferring energy to form a sample. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026 Changes in demand greatly affect the price since supply is inelastic. William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026 Virginia is a pretty inelastic, pretty politically stable state. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inelastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
  • For people navigating stigma or inflexible work schedules, that single requirement was often enough to stop them from starting or staying on treatment.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Too many women experience a lack of transportation and childcare, insufficient language assistance, financial insecurity, inflexible appointment availability, separation of physical and behavioral health services, and lack of post-delivery follow-up.
    Mary C. Mayhew, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • More memory, denser racks, faster deployment The new server promises 50 percent more memory per socket and more GPU memory compared to the previous generation.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
  • For ultimate comfort, the loveseat and chairs also include dense foam cushions wrapped in smooth polyester.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • That narcissism, combined with a lack of understanding regarding the risks of the Titan, resulted in an unbending belief in his own creation.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 June 2025
  • Obama’s second-term quest at a border bill similarly crashed into unbending opposition.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Measuring less than a millimeter thick, this sensor basically acts like a neuron in our brain, processing and keeping the information even after the original signal is gone.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 27 June 2026
  • ZDNet Korea also reported that the Wide Fold uses 60μm ultra-thin glass on its inner display, 30% thicker than the 45μm used on the Z Fold 8 Ultra.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • Trejo sifted through debris and looked for clues in the area, appealing for help that required heavy machinery, according to CNN Español.
    Anabella González, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Workers were dispatched throughout La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent the last few days pulling survivors and bodies from the wreckage despite a lack of heavy equipment and limited guidance from authorities.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • With harvest windows more compressed, the freshness once taken for granted has to be defended more rigorously.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Yes, there are similarities between two workplace series where a season takes place over a compressed period of time.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Even though thickset Mandarin characters on every wall extolled the virtues of the Chinese Dream, Xi Jinping's campaign to rejuvenate Chinese nationalism, the town had a frontier feel, as if Beijing's hawkeyed gaze hadn't yet crept over the moonscape mountains.
    Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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