untouchable
adjective
that may not be touched; of a nature such that it cannot be touched; not palpable; intangible.
untouchables
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pluralof untouchable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“There shouldn’t be some sort of untouchables list of people who are immune from enforcement.”
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
They belong to the Dalit community, formerly known as untouchables, on the lowest rungs of the Hindu caste system, but Sunar said the family faced no ill-treatment over this.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
National security advisers, who form a chain of foreign policy expertise from administration to administration, are mostly untouchables, too.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
The young woman and her family are Dalits - men and women formerly known as "untouchables" who languish at the bottom of India's harsh caste hierarchy.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2021
But also they were outlaws, enemies, untouchables, doomed with absolute certainty to extinction within a year or two.
From "1984" by George Orwell
