untouchable

Noun · Adjective
US[uhn-tuhch-uh-buhl]/ənˈtʌtʃəbəl/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)untouchables

  1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in IndiaSynonyms: HarijanType of outcast, castaway

Adjective (5)

  1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment“for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target — Newsweek”Opposite vulnerableSimilar invulnerable
  2. impossible to assailSynonyms: unassailableOpposite violableSimilar inviolable
  3. forbidden to the touch“in most museums such articles are untouchable”Opposite allowableSimilar impermissible
  4. (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defilingOpposite cleanSimilar unclean, impure
  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”Synonyms: inaccessibleunobtainableunprocurableOpposite availableSimilar unavailable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Untouchable

Formed with the prefix un- (“not”). See touchable.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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