as in inflexible
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Recent Examples of inelastic
There’s no easy substitute for eggs, which makes demand for them inelastic — meaning consumers and businesses generally buy the same amount no matter the cost.
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Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite years of above-average economic growth, poverty and unemployment rates remained stubbornly inelastic.
—Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2014
After incorporating missing campaign data, our demand prediction accuracy improved by 4.2%, and elasticity estimates shifted by 71.2%, reclassifying many products from inelastic to low or medium elasticity categories.
—Aleksandr Galkin, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Eating inadequate protein can lead to muscle loss, inelastic skin, and thin fragile, hair, says Ingram.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024
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Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite years of above-average economic growth, poverty and unemployment rates remained stubbornly inelastic.
—Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2014
After incorporating missing campaign data, our demand prediction accuracy improved by 4.2%, and elasticity estimates shifted by 71.2%, reclassifying many products from inelastic to low or medium elasticity categories.
—Aleksandr Galkin, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Eating inadequate protein can lead to muscle loss, inelastic skin, and thin fragile, hair, says Ingram.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
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Ultimately, this wallpaper was strong and durable without being inflexible.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
27 Mar. 2025
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If current vendors are inflexible, look for more affordable suppliers who can offer lower costs without sacrificing quality. 4.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Select plants with dense habits and thick cover to outcompete weeds that germinate in these border plantings.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Behind every large language model or real-time inference engine lies a dense web of data centers, chips, storage, and cooling infrastructure.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 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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Twangy bass lines thick enough to saw down a redwood tree are shredded with shivers of electric guitar to create a blues sound that cuts a hole straight through the decades.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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This beautiful Easter garland, on sale for $79.99 at Wayfair, is opulent and thick with twigs and pastel eggs that run throughout.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time crews were battling the blaze, overnight storms intensified, bringing heavy rains and wind along with lightning, officials said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2025
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There’s a heavy proportion of viewers that aren’t being captured by the metrics.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The project will produce 4 million tons of compressed bio-gas and 1.1 million metric tons of organic fertiliser annually when completed, Reliance said.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Ars previously covered a likely lithium-ion caused fire in a suburban Chicago truck that spread to the truck's compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks, causing an explosion that injured firefighters and damaged nearby homes.—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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