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English Dictionary: untouchable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
untouchable
adj
  1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek
  2. impossible to assail
    Synonym(s): unassailable, untouchable
  3. forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
  4. ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
  5. not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
    Synonym(s): inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable
n
  1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India [syn: untouchable, Harijan]
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