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Untouchable Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Untouchable has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

2

A criminal who is so adept that they cannot be arrested or convicted.

Adjective
1

beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment

"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"

2

impossible to assail

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"

6

Not able to be touched.

Example Sentences
"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target" adjective
"in most museums such articles are untouchable" adjective
"a rare work, today almost inaccessible" adjective
"timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands" adjective
"untouchable resources buried deep within the earth" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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