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US
/ənˈtətʃəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ʌntˈʌtʃəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ʌntˈʌtʃəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not capable of being obtained
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
a rare work, today almost inaccessible - impossible to assail
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beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target -
forbidden to the touch
in most museums such articles are untouchable - (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
NOUN
- belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
How To Use untouchable In A Sentence
- After his long stretch as an untouchable hero and saint (courtesy of hagiographer R Bolt) it was about time that creep More was taken off his pedestal. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- His semi in ‘Foulness, near Southend’ has long been reduced to ‘a condition of untouchable sordor’, and is also ‘saturated with pornography in all its forms’.
- He believed he was ‘untouchable’ but his victims finally became sick of the yob and helped a specialist council unit to boot him out of their neighbourhood.
- They would at the very least hold on to their 13-point lead and with a game in hand over most of their rivals they would be virtually untouchable with just four matches still to play.
- The mass, however, could adore Gandhi and abhor untouchables.
- Christian humility enables her to do the scavengering work usually performed only by "untouchables. Autobiography of a Yogi
- No other scripture of any other religion of the world contains any kind of writings of holy men belonging to another faith, caste or creed, or of those who were regarded as outcastes or untouchables.
- It was only during the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, when the monarchy was untouchable, that George IV was able to force through the royal building-spree that culminated in Buckingham Palace.
- The department's budget is untouchable.
- The 25-year-old was untouchable as she soared to her winning height of 2.06m at the first attempt.