inelasticadjective
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈlæs.tɪk/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈlæs.t̬ɪk/not changing much, or not allowing much change:
For skilled occupations the supply of labour is typically fairly inelastic, because few workers are capable of doing the work.
The demand for services such as water, gas, and electricity is relatively inelastic.
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Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital
- continuity
- fixed
- fixity
- hard line
- hard line
- immutable
- incurable
- irreducible
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- ossify
- stuck
- uncompromising
- what's done is done idiom
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