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Untouchable   /əntˈətʃəbəl/   Listen
Untouchable

adjective
1.
Beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment.
2.
Impossible to assail.  Synonym: unassailable.
3.
Forbidden to the touch.
4.
( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling.
5.
Not capable of being obtained.  Synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable.  "Timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands" , "Untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
noun
1.
Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.  Synonym: Harijan.





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"Untouchable" Quotes from Famous Books



... seconds a hundred fully armed guards were ready for action. The men who had been cleared by security to work in and around the restricted area wore specially designed belts of sensitized metal that offset the effects of the radar. But the fence was still the untouchable ...
— Sabotage in Space • Carey Rockwell
... refuses, and the letters are instead sold to Colbert. Fouquet, meanwhile, discovers that the receipt that proves his innocence in the affair has been stolen from him. Even worse, Fouquet, desperate for money, is forced to sell the parliamentary position that renders him untouchable by any court proceedings. As part of her deal with Colbert, though, Chevreuse also obtains a secret audience with the queen-mother, where the two discuss a shocking secret—Louis XIV has a twin brother, long believed, however, ...
— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere


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