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.
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Inelastic
//ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk//
Synonyms for "inelastic" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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Antonyms
1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нееластичен adj (lacking elasticity)
Catalan
1 entries- inelàstic adj (lacking elasticity)
Dutch
1 entries- inelastisch adj (lacking elasticity)
Finnish
2 entries- epäelastinen adj (lacking elasticity)
- kimmoton adj (lacking elasticity)
French
1 entries- inélastique adj (lacking elasticity)
Greek
1 entries- ανελαστικός adj (lacking elasticity)
Italian
1 entries- anelastico adj (lacking elasticity)
Manx
1 entries- neuspinneydagh adj (lacking elasticity)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uelastisk adj (lacking elasticity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uelastisk adj (lacking elasticity)
Polish
1 entries- nieelastyczny adj (lacking elasticity)
Romanian
1 entries- neelastic adj (lacking elasticity)
Spanish
1 entries- inelástico adj (lacking elasticity)
Tagalog
1 entries- diigkasin adj (lacking elasticity)
Welsh
1 entries- anelastig adj (lacking elasticity)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.
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perfectly inelastic supply
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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.
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