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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India;
[syn: untouchable, Harijan]


ADJECTIVE (5)

1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment;
- Example: "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek

2. impossible to assail;
[syn: unassailable, untouchable]

3. forbidden to the touch;
- Example: "in most museums such articles are untouchable"

4. ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling;

5. not capable of being obtained;
- Example: "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"
- Example: "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"
- Example: "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
[syn: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untouchable \Untouchable\ See touchable.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

untouchable adj 1: beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek 2: impossible to assail [syn: unassailable, untouchable] 3: forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable" 4: ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling 5: not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth" [syn: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable] n 1: belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India [syn: untouchable, Harijan]