inelasticity

Example Sentences

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While those percentages may seem trivial, short-run diesel price inelasticity and refinery constraints imply materially higher regional prices, especially if substitutes are costly or slow to arrive.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

This inelasticity occurs because many riders are transit-dependent and would use transit anyway, and many commuters wouldn’t consider using transit no matter the fare.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022

Eric Gray, director of commerce, subscriptions, and pricing — covering “inefficiencies and lack of integration of Apple’s payment processing services; app pricing and inelasticity of demand; fraud and other abuse in Apple’s ecosystem.”

From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2021

Besides inelasticity of demand, there is also possibly even more inelasticity of supply.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018

Inadvertently to say or do what we have no intention of saying or doing, as a result of inelasticity or momentum, is, as we are aware, one of the main sources of the comic.

From Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Brereton, Cloudesley Shovell Henry