Untouchable - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ʌnˈtʌtʃəbl|
Brit.
|ʌnˈtʌtʃəb(ə)l|
noun
- belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
adjective
- beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
- forbidden to the touch
- not capable of being obtained (syn: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable)
for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target
- impossible to assail (syn: unassailable)- forbidden to the touch
in most museums such articles are untouchable
- (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling- not capable of being obtained (syn: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable)
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
Extra examples
The mayor believed that he was untouchable and not subject to the same laws as the rest of us.
The team's record was untouchable.
He was the boss's husband and therefore untouchable.
Word forms
noun
singular: untouchable
plural: untouchables
singular: untouchable
plural: untouchables
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