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untouchable

  • /ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl/

adjective more untouchable · most untouchable

  1. Not able to be touched. Sunday’s election is the first to be held after youth-led mass protests in 2020 shocked the establishment by […] criticising an institution previously considered untouchable.
  2. Not able to be defeated or bested. The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.

noun untouchables

  1. A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
  2. Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.

    Similar: outcast

  3. India A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.

    Similar: Dalit, pariah, undesirable

  4. A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: invulnerable, unobtainable, unprocurable, unassailable, inviolable, inaccessible, impermissible, unavailable, impure, unclean, non-negotiable, unattainable, intangible, intact, off-limits, elusive

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adj not able to be touched

Españolintocable
Portuguêsintocável
Françaisintouchable
Deutschunantastbar
Italianointoccabile
Русскийнеприкаса́емый neprikasájemyj, неприкоснове́нный neprikosnovénnyj

noun criminal

Españolintocable
Ελληνικάπαρίας parías

noun member of the lowest caste

Españolparia, intocable
한국어백정 baekjeong
日本語パーリア pāria, パーリヤ pāriya, 不可触民 fukashokumin, 部落民 Burakumin
中文賤民 /贱民 jiànmín
हिन्दीअछूत achūt, अस्पृश्य aspṛshya
Portuguêspária, pariá
Françaisintouchable, paria
DeutschUnberührbarer m Paria
Ελληνικάπαρίας parías
Românăparia
Русскийпа́рия párija

noun incorruptible law enforcement agent

Ελληνικάαδιάφθορος adiáfthoros

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@misc{untouchable_2026,
  title = {untouchable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/untouchable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}