untouchable - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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untouchable
A	noun
	1	untouchable, Harijan
			belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚unfortunate; unfortunate person ╚outcast; castaway; pariah; Ishmael ╚untouchable, Harijan
B	adjective
	1	inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable
			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"

	2	untouchable
			defiling to the touch; especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes

	3	untouchable
			forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"

	4	unassailable, untouchable
			impossible to assail

	5	untouchable
			beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek

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