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inelastic demand

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Demand whose percentage change is less than a percentage change in price. For example, if the price of a commodity rises twenty-five percent and demand decreases by only two percent, demand is said to be inelastic. (See elasticity.)

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While higher prices could trigger reduced buying or weaker demand in the near term, he expects limited substitutes and inelastic demand to cushion the impact.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The vast majority of people who hire lawn services will continue to do so; i.e., inelastic demand.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

This is called an inelastic demand meaning a small response to the price change.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Every straight-line demand curve has a range of elasticities starting at the top left, high prices, with large elasticity numbers, elastic demand, and decreasing as one goes down the demand curve, inelastic demand.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Health care is one of the very few things for which the sellers face inelastic demand.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2017

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