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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
untouchable oil lying deep within the earth
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as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
an untouchable target for criticism as far as the local newspaper was concerned
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Recent Examples of untouchable
Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
Two hundred million of them are Dalit, or what used to be called untouchables.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
But here’s what this at-bat told me: Miller has been widely acclaimed as the hardest thrower in baseball with pitches consistently exceeding 100 mph and was largely thought to be an untouchable for the Athletics.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Apple TV+ has reportedly sunk at least $1 billion — and possibly $6 billion — into its original content, signing untouchables like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams as production heavyweights.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
Two hundred million of them are Dalit, or what used to be called untouchables.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
Noun
The only chance the Yankees would consider trading Domínguez is in a deal for somebody like Paul Skenes, who's understandably untouchable.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
But here’s what this at-bat told me: Miller has been widely acclaimed as the hardest thrower in baseball with pitches consistently exceeding 100 mph and was largely thought to be an untouchable for the Athletics.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchable
Adjective
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As archives become increasingly inaccessible due to rising costs, political gatekeeping, and complex rights restrictions, filmmakers are finding creative ways to tell stories with what remains—or what’s missing.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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In its report, Indiana State University said its system is open to anyone, despite being currently inaccessible.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Black people and Black Mormons were barred from sacred buildings, temples and practices until 1978.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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In France, August is sacred for summer holidays; in the UK or US, late-night calls are normal.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Clearly, people feel like outcasts even if the world doesn’t see them that way.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of these mistruths portrayed the killers as outcasts and, crucially, victims.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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While Smith-Schuster projects to be the one-for-one replacement with Rice and rookie Jalen Royals unavailable Friday, the burden of offensive production doesn’t simply lie with him.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
1 Sep. 2025
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Acutis' canonization marks a deliberate Vatican effort to present contemporary, relatable holy figures who can speak to younger generations about faith lived in the digital age.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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But even the Arctic Council isn't exempt from the reverberations of war in Eastern Europe, and from feeling the impact of the pariah status Russia gained among Western nations in the past few years.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The regime turns the former leper hospital into a place of death, where the prisoners are subjected to repression in a place of astounding beauty.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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This outsider spirit still powers the Great North Run, which is now preparing for its 44th staging on Sunday.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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What started as a protest against outsiders controlling the town turned into a decades-long tradition that still lives on today.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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