noun
                                                belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
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                                                                                                                                                                        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
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                                                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
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a rare work, today almost inaccessible
- timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
- untouchable resources buried deep within the earth