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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
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
With health care accounting for nearly 30% of the federal budget (and other categories such as Social Security and defense politically untouchable), medical spending became one of the few remaining fiscal levers.
—Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
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
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Adjective
So the image of the everyday victimized finally getting a chance to confront the supposedly untouchable masters of the universe provides a present-tense thrill that is undeniably powerful.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
With health care accounting for nearly 30% of the federal budget (and other categories such as Social Security and defense politically untouchable), medical spending became one of the few remaining fiscal levers.
—Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchable
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The film went out of circulation after a single television screening and has been largely inaccessible for nearly four decades.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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But digital forensics experts kept working to find images in back-end software that might have been lost, corrupted or inaccessible.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The monks practiced Vipassana meditation throughout, intentionally walking 108 sacred days — a number representing spiritual completion and wholeness in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain traditions.—
Tiffany Stanley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Priestesses once kept a sacred flame burning there day and night, believed to represent the life force of the city.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the doppelganger charms the internet and devises a nefarious plot to replace mankind with brainrot, Shiori must partner with other online outcasts to stop her digital counterpart and reclaim her life in the real world.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Harrison went from one of the most respected executives in the league to a complete outcast.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet, for a host of reasons—including postwar Soviet memory politics, the geopolitics of the Cold War, and the marginalization of Yiddish and Soviet Jewish literature—narratives of this experience remain largely unavailable to Western readers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Even with essentially his entire starting lineup unavailable because of injuries, Lakers coach JJ Redick still looked forward to competing against a worthy opponent in the San Antonio Spurs.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Observing an actual Parisian rejecting butter—one of France’s holy trinity of dairy products, along with cheese and crème fraîche—was a window into the new wellness culture seeping into what might have been the world’s last bastion of free-flowing wine and glutinous bread.—
Hannah Seligson,
Vanity Fair,
12 Feb. 2026
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Ramadan is the holiest month in Islam.—
Tony Peterson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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After the gruesome 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his country’s consulate in Istanbul, the crown prince became an international pariah.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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There’s understandably a lot of disquiet, as he is now viewed as a total pariah.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Both narratives describe key moments from Francis’ early years: After taking a vow of poverty, Francis begged for alms and also worked in leper colonies near Assisi.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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The palpable aversion to what has become the enterprise software leper colony doesn't help tech's case either.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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Catherine’s background — not being born into the royal family — gives her a clear outsider’s perspective.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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His supporters blame the surfacing of his old comments on a smear campaign engineered by the establishment and the party’s rich patrons, who are scared of an unfiltered populist outsider who owes them nothing.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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