elastic
adjective
capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded.
unelastic
-
a word derived from
elastic.
Example Sentences
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And as far as the unelastic Raymond can stretch, he does, as he moves from lifelong institutionalization to a week of freedom on the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
That’s the paradox and the predicament of Star Wars: those who live inside the fantasy, whether they’re actors or fans, prefer their shared hallucination to the unelastic, downtrodden world of fact.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2015
This always occurs in unelastic collision, the heat developed being the exact equivalent of the sensible motion extinguished.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
We now know that the principle of conservation holds equally good with elastic and unelastic bodies.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
In the first of these, one boy throws the ball against the side of a house, or other perpendicular unelastic plane, while the other smites it with his club at the rebound.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
