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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"
noun
1.
Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.  Synonym: Harijan.





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"Untouchable" Quotes from Famous Books



... raked somewhere out of the heart of gorgeous hills, whence, east and west, over golden sands, the head-waters of many a Pactolus flows. And though now nailed amidst all the rustiness of iron bolts and the verdigris of copper spikes, yet, untouchable and immaculate to any foulness, it still preserved its Quito glow. Nor, though placed amongst a ruthless crew and every hour passed by ruthless hands, and through the livelong nights shrouded with thick darkness which might cover any pilfering approach, nevertheless every sunrise found ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville
... up' as you call it, for a single hour. Do you realise that any day her lawyer may persuade her to make a will leaving her money to a—a home for cats, or something equally untouchable? If there was no Jack Glover we could afford to wait months. And I'm less troubled about him than I am about the man Jaggs. Father, you will be glad to learn that I am almost afraid of ...
— The Angel of Terror • Edgar Wallace


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