1
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
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
The relative increase in the Muslim population that the census had established, and the uncertain status of untouchables and tribal groups as Hindus for enumeration purposes made the definition of a Hindu all the more critical.
—Vikram Sampath, Quartz India, 20 Aug. 2019
Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
De Vries was long said by several people in the organization to be virtually untouchable.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Adjective
Two hundred million of them are Dalit, or what used to be called untouchables.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
The relative increase in the Muslim population that the census had established, and the uncertain status of untouchables and tribal groups as Hindus for enumeration purposes made the definition of a Hindu all the more critical.
—Vikram Sampath, Quartz India, 20 Aug. 2019
Noun
What was long considered politically untouchable has moved to the center of strategic planning.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
De Vries was long said by several people in the organization to be virtually untouchable.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchable
Adjective
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Investors in Southeast Asia and Latin America where traditional brokers remain expensive or inaccessible.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In addition to the driftwood, ancient beaver tracks have been found in areas that would be inaccessible to the water-dwelling animals today, further supporting the idea that a paleolake once existed in the area.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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The detention facility threatens land that is not only environmentally sensitive but sacred to our people.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Then there’s the viewer’s sacred and often fragile relationship with great movies and TV shows.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
7 Aug. 2025
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Normalizing the outcast is a staple of teen stories, helping angsty adolescents recognize and accept their own strange behavior by spotting it in their cool onscreen stand-in.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Class is back in session at Nevermore Academy—the supernatural outcasts of Netflix’s Wednesday return to school for an even spookier second season.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Neither officer’s injuries appeared to be life threatening, though both cops required surgery and remain unavailable for service.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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When combined with the hinged center column, the user gets access to a full range of smooth and micro-incremental camera movements that feel like a slider and are unavailable with traditional tripod designs.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The structure took a more holy turn in 1954, when a 3607 Pennsylvania was purchased by a church.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the drive to make PCI Express 5.0 SSDs usable on a wider range of platforms, the holy grail for drive manufacturers would seem to be effective thermal management without sacrificing performance.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Biden administration repeatedly used such votes to depict Russia as a pariah state.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.—
Juliana Shallcross,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2023
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And in late June, Starbase officials began exercising some of that control with a vote passing a law to close several of the city’s public streets to outsiders.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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For too long, Māori had been shown as one thing—as outsiders, as one-dimensional, as every negative stereotype there is.—
Shilo Kino
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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