inelastic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk/
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
- Italian: anelastico
- Spanish: inelástico
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