inelastic

/in-i-las-tik/US // ˌɪn ɪˈlæs tɪk //UK // (ˌɪnɪˈlæstɪk) //

无弹性,无弹性的,非弹性,没有弹性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- : Economics. relatively unresponsive to changes, as demand when it fails to increase in proportion to a decrease in price.Compare elastic.

adj.unflexible

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The difficulty is assuming that a lung transplant is "inelastic".
Things can be more or less inelastic, which is to say, that demand can be more or less responsive to changes in price.
The last glass of water in a desert is the quintessential inelastic good; people will pay all they have to get it.
From the point of view of cover, the gold certificate is completely inelastic.
It was inelastic, incompetent to adapt itself to changing circumstances.
Catching sight of his Captain on the platform, the Doctor bent his steps thither, and they were slow and inelastic.
At the same moment we heard the fall 220 of something heavy and inelastic in the upper story.
It is not permitted to discriminate; it can neither relax nor repress; it is absolutely inelastic.