inelastic
adjective
in·elas·tic
ˌi-nə-ˈla-stik 
: not elastic: such as
a
b
: slow to react or respond to changing conditions
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Second, infrastructure assets provide essential services with inherently inelastic demand.
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Less sensitivity to trade wars, relatively inelastic demand, and accelerating free cash flow growth are good reasons to like the stock.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
The accompanying comments include discussion of retaliatory tariffs, inelastic markets and, well, price-earnings ratios.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And so the question is, is supply inelastic or not?
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Less sensitivity to trade wars, relatively inelastic demand, and accelerating free cash flow growth are good reasons to like the stock.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
The accompanying comments include discussion of retaliatory tariffs, inelastic markets and, well, price-earnings ratios.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And so the question is, is supply inelastic or not?
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inelastic. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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inelastic
adjective
in·elas·tic
ˌin-ə-ˈlas-tik
: not elastic : slow to respond to changing conditions
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