Inelastic

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.

I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.

perfectly inelastic supply

A different approach is needed now, as there is more discretionary travel which, unlike the use of season tickets, does not have inelastic demand characteristics.