untouchable
AdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl//
Not able to be touched.
Adjektiv
- 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.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English touchable English untouchable From un- + touchable.
Substantiv
- 1
A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
- 2
Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
- 3
A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
- 4
A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
Formen
- Plural
- untouchables
- Komparativ
- more untouchable
- Superlativ
- most untouchable
untouchable · Not able to be touched.
untouched · Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not…untraceable · Not able to be traced or tracked down.untrue · False; not true.