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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"






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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



Words linked to "Untouchable" :   impure, outcast, impermissible, invulnerable, unclean, Harijan, Ishmael, inviolable, pariah, castaway, unavailable, unprocurable



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