Definitions for untouchable

Definitions for (noun) untouchable

Main entry: untouchable, Harijan

Definition: belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India


Definitions for (adj) untouchable

Main entry: unobtainable, inaccessible, unprocurable, untouchable

Definition: not capable of being obtained

Usage: a rare work, today almost inaccessible; timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands; untouchable resources buried deep within the earth


Main entry: untouchable

Definition: ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling


Main entry: untouchable

Definition: forbidden to the touch

Usage: in most museums such articles are untouchable


Main entry: untouchable, unassailable

Definition: impossible to assail


Main entry: untouchable

Definition: beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment

Usage: for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target- Newsweek


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