inelastic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=e=las=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

inelastic, a. 

•  Not elastic.  [1913 Webster]
•  reacting little to changing price; -- of demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inelastic, adj.
1 not elastic.
2 unadaptable, inflexible, unyielding.

Derivative

inelastically adv. inelasticity n.

THESAURUS

inelastic

adamant, adamantine, cast-iron, dour, firm, flinty, grim, hard, hard-core, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inductile, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, intractable, intractile, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, irresilient, nonelastic, nonstretchable, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, steely, stern, stiff, stubborn, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unextendible, unextensible, unflexible, ungiving, unlimber, unmalleable, unmoved, unpliable, unpliant, unrelenting, untractable, unyielding

ROGET THESAURUS

inelastic

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.

Inelasticity

N inelasticity, want of elasticity, absence of elasticity, inelasticity, unyielding, inelastic, inflexible, irresilient.