noun
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Synonyms
Harijan
adjective
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
Examples
- for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek
adjective
impossible to assail
Synonyms
adjective
forbidden to the touch
Examples
- in most museums such articles are untouchable
adjective
(especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
adjective
not capable of being obtained
Synonyms
Examples
- a rare work, today almost inaccessible
- timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
- untouchable resources buried deep within the earth