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
But she forgot how unelastic his strange routine of life must have left him, and she did not dream how her behavior in the park had displeased him.
From Different Girls by Various
Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its somersets, but the savage stands on the unelastic plank of famine.
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The walk is singularly slow, unelastic, loggy, and is characterized at each step by an indescribable, sudden sag or slump at the hip.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
