inelastic

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Economists consider gasoline to be inelastic, meaning that consumption remains mostly steady regardless of prices.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“Silver supply is structurally inelastic, with around 70-80% of global silver output coming as a by-product from mines that primarily produce lead, zinc, copper or gold,” Manthey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

I’m also positive on Vital Farms, the market leader in pasture-raised eggs—an inelastic product at grocery stores.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

In fact, our working paper suggests that prison demand is not only inelastic but drives incarceration, not the other way around.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

The first statement appears to be explicable by the shrinkage of all the mucous membranes during cholera collapse, for by this merely mechanical agency the inelastic epithelium must necessarily become detached.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various