untouchable

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment

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

Similar word(s): invulnerable

2. impossible to assail

Similar word(s): inviolable, unassailable

3. forbidden to the touch

- in most museums such articles are untouchable

Similar word(s): impermissible

4. (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

Similar word(s): impure, unclean

5. not capable of being obtained

- untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

Similar word(s): unavailable, inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable

noun

1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

Similar word(s): harijan

Definition categories: person, castaway, ishmael, outcast, pariah