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Webster 1913 Edition
Inelastic
Inˊe-las′tic
,Adj.
1.
Not elastic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inelastic
INELAS'TIC
,Adj.
Not elastic; wanting elasticity; unelastic.
Definition 2024
inelastic
inelastic
See also: inelàstic
English
Adjective
inelastic (comparative more inelastic, superlative most inelastic)
- lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding
- 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance
- He spoke languidly, and only those few words, like a watch with an inelastic spring, that just ticks a moment or two and stops again.
- 1913, Winston Churchill, The Inside Of The Cup
- I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.
- 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance
Translations
lacking elasticity
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