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False - the asthenosphere is a solid that deforms in a ductile fashion - it undergoes permanent plastic deformations.

Further information: The statement must be false. Plastic is a solid, so if something is going to be considered a non-solid, it cannot be like a solid. Whether or not the asthenosphere is solid, one cannot argue that it is non-solid as a result of it having a characteristic of plastic.

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