untouchable
IPA: ʌntˈʌtʃʌbʌɫ
noun
- A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
- Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
- (India) A member of the lowest and most despised caste in traditional Indian society.
- A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
adjective
- Not able to be touched.
- Not able to be defeated or bested.
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Examples of "untouchable" in Sentences
- "What makes him scary is his ghostlike ability to remain untouchable and enigmatic."
- Simpson has about $8 million, and this is what you call untouchable money, stuff that they can't touch.
- He was known as the "untouchable" or the "bulldozer": an affable rogue who sailed through one of the longest political careers in
- As a Dalit - an "untouchable" - and a woman, her ascent is already remarkable and a sign of shifting hierarchies and power-bases in India.
- Aside from a few inappropriate quips -- which were anticipated, given the ambiguity of the term "untouchable" -- I got some interesting answers.
- "Wherever he worked," it says on the award site, "Bevins researched rigorously, and regularly broke otherwise untouched - even 'untouchable' - stories."
- While caste discrimination has been outlawed for more than 60 years, and the term "untouchable" is now taboo in public, thousands of anti-dalit attacks occur every year.
- The group comprises of Ms Mayawati, a member of the Dalit - or "untouchable" - caste, who could emerge as the Prime Minister if her Bahujan Samaj Party does exceptionally well.
- The Empire State of Mind hitmaker was personally invited by Jones to take part in the charity single, but, while he is supportive of the cause, he decided against it because he considers the track to be musically "untouchable" - like the King of Pop's Thriller.
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