untouchables

plural of untouchable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchables
Noun
  • Sharing the same gray pallor to their skin, the pair take comfort in one another as fellow outcasts.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Sam’s science fiction action adventure spotlights life on the margins if also on the fringes of deep space, its two main characters a pair of well-meaning outcasts outrunning the law.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the idea that the game’s superpowers are being challenged by outsiders is something of a myth.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing personalities, and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of protecting the city and saving the program.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Untouchables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchables. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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