"inelastic" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "in- + elastic",
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      "form": "more inelastic",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "deep inelastic collision"
        },
        {
          "word": "perfectly inelastic supply"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Winston Churchill, The Inside Of The Cup",
          "text": "I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 3, 'Industry Insider', “Passengers returning to rail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 68",
          "text": "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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        }
      ],
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        "Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding."
      ],
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          "inflexible",
          "inflexible"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, figurative) Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "neelastičen",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "нееластичен"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "inelàstic"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "inelastisch"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "kimmoton"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "epäelastinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anelastikós",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "ανελαστικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "anelastico"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "neuspinneydagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "uelastisk"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "uelastisk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "neelastic"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "inelástico"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "diigkasin"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "lacking elasticity",
          "word": "anelastig"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æstɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inelastic"
}

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    {
      "word": "deep inelastic collision"
    },
    {
      "word": "perfectly inelastic supply"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "in- + elastic",
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      "form": "more inelastic",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
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          "ref": "1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "text": "I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic, so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 3, 'Industry Insider', “Passengers returning to rail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 68",
          "text": "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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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "(literal, figurative) Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnəˈlæstɪk/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æstɪk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neelastičen",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "нееластичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "inelàstic"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "inelastisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "kimmoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "epäelastinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anelastikós",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "ανελαστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "anelastico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "neuspinneydagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "uelastisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "uelastisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "neelastic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "inelástico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "diigkasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lacking elasticity",
      "word": "anelastig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inelastic"
}