An absorbent article comprising: a body facing surface and a garment facing surface; a front waist region and a back waist region, the back waist region separated from the front waist region by a crotch region, the front waist region comprising a front waist edge, and the back waist region comprising a back waist edge, wherein a longitudinal axis extends perpendicularly through the front waist edge and the back waist edge, and wherein a lateral axis extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis; an absorbent assembly extending longitudinally through the crotch region between the front waist region and the back waist region, the absorbent assembly positioned between the body facing surface and the garment facing surface; wherein at least one of the front waist region and the back waist region comprises: an elastic material positioned between and connected with a first substrate and a second substrate; a first high-stretch zone and a second high-stretch zone separated laterally by a low-stretch zone, wherein the first and second high-stretch zones (400a, 400b) are elasticated by the elastic material; wherein the low-stretch zone comprises cut lines separating the elastic material into first discrete pieces and second discrete pieces; wherein the first discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a first length and wherein the second discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length; and wherein each cut line is oriented to define an offset angle relative to the lateral axis that is greater than 0 degrees and less than 45 degrees. a body facing surface and a garment facing surface; a front waist region and a back waist region, the back waist region separated from the front waist region by a crotch region, the front waist region comprising a front waist edge, and the back waist region comprising a back waist edge, wherein a longitudinal axis extends perpendicularly through the front waist edge and the back waist edge, and wherein a lateral axis extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis; an absorbent assembly extending longitudinally through the crotch region between the front waist region and the back waist region, the absorbent assembly positioned between the body facing surface and the garment facing surface; wherein at least one of the front waist region and the back waist region comprises: an elastic material positioned between and connected with a first substrate and a second substrate; a first high-stretch zone and a second high-stretch zone separated laterally by a low-stretch zone, wherein the first and second high-stretch zones (400a, 400b) are elasticated by the elastic material; wherein the low-stretch zone comprises cut lines separating the elastic material into first discrete pieces and second discrete pieces; wherein the first discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a first length and wherein the second discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length; and an elastic material positioned between and connected with a first substrate and a second substrate; a first high-stretch zone and a second high-stretch zone separated laterally by a low-stretch zone, wherein the first and second high-stretch zones (400a, 400b) are elasticated by the elastic material; wherein the low-stretch zone comprises cut lines separating the elastic material into first discrete pieces and second discrete pieces; wherein the first discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a first length and wherein the second discrete pieces of elastic material comprise a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length; and wherein each cut line is oriented to define an offset angle relative to the lateral axis that is greater than 0 degrees and less than 45 degrees.