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Synonyms for inelastic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-i-las-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪˈlæs tɪk



Définition of inelastic

Origin :
  • 1748, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + elastic. Figurative use attested by 1867.
  • adj unflexible
Example sentences :
  • Sidney could hear her moving about with flat, inelastic steps.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She looked taller, straighter in form, and no longer drooping and inelastic.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • Were they darker than the shadow cast by the inelastic institution of matrimony?
  • Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • These connecting bands are white, glistening, and inelastic.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) » by Calvin Cutter
  • Organised charity was wasteful, inelastic, unsympathetic, often superfluous.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the League » by Ernest Bramah
  • His eye was dull, his shoulders drooped, his gait was inelastic.
  • Extract from : « The Blazed Trail » by Stewart Edward White
  • This they use as an inelastic criterion by which to judge the trade unions.
  • Extract from : « The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons » by William Z. Foster
  • They are inelastic, and it is too soon to judge of the work they are likely to do hereafter.
  • Extract from : « British Manufacturing Industries » by L. Arnoux
  • Madame Delphine's very step was altered,—nervous and inelastic.
  • Extract from : « Madame Delphine » by George W. Cable
  • For them is the inelastic, or but slightly elastic, movement of things.
  • Extract from : « Ceres' Runaway » by Alice Meynell

Antonyms for inelastic

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