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inelastic
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inelastic
1. tissue lacking in elasticity.
2. in financial terms, lack of response in a variable, e.g. inelastic demand, when the demand for, say, veterinary services is not reduced by a downturn in the local economy.


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That situation coupled with inelasticity in demand for tires led to the crunch.
The energy price rise related to the energy supply curve's inelasticity poses a serious problem for economic policymakers, particularly the Federal Reserve Board.
The laughable consists of a certain mechanical inelasticity," observed French philosopher Henri Bergson, "just where one would expect to find the wide-awake adaptability of a human being.
 
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