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
It was swept clean of its dauntless, rosy youth, had stiffened into an unelastic skin surface, taut over rigid muscles.
From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner
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
He asked land-owners and employers to furnish opportunities for such reforms;—which would involve no elaborate organization nor unelastic rules;—simply the one thing needful, the refusal of Commercialism.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
