Meaning of untouchable in English

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Classifying Adjective
untouchable
Definitions
1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
Examples
- « for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target- Newsweek »
Synonyms
- invulnerable
2. impossible to assail
Synonyms
- inviolable
3. forbidden to the touch
Examples
- « in most museums such articles are untouchable »
Synonyms
- impermissible
4. defiling to the touch
Examples
- « especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes »
Synonyms
- unclean
- impure
5. not capable of being obtained
Examples
- « a rare work, today almost inaccessible »
- « timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands »
- « untouchable resources buried deep within the earth »
Synonyms
- unavailable
Noun
untouchable
Definitions
1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

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