untouchable meaning and definition

UNTOUCHABLE noun

Definition of untouchable (noun)

1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
   • synonyms: Harijan

UNTOUCHABLE adjective

Definition of untouchable (adjective)

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
   • synonyms: unassailable
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"
   • synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable