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English adjective: untouchable | |||
| 1. | untouchable beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment | ||
| Samples | For the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target. | ||
| Similar | invulnerable | ||
| Antonyms | vulnerable | ||
| 2. | untouchable impossible to assail | ||
| Synonyms | unassailable | ||
| Similar | inviolable | ||
| Antonyms | violable | ||
| 3. | untouchable forbidden to the touch | ||
| Samples | In most museums such articles are untouchable. | ||
| Similar | impermissible | ||
| Antonyms | permissible, allowable | ||
| 4. | untouchable ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling | ||
| Similar | impure, unclean | ||
| Antonyms | clean | ||
| 5. | untouchable not capable of being obtained | ||
| Samples | A rare work, today almost inaccessible. Timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands. Untouchable resources buried deep within the earth. | ||
| Synonyms | inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable | ||
| Similar | unavailable | ||
| Antonyms | available | ||
English noun: untouchable | |||
| 1. | untouchable (person) belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India | ||
| Synonyms | Harijan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | castaway, Ishmael, outcast, pariah | ||
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