untouchable

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

//ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl//

Not able to be touched.

adjective

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.

Etymology

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.

noun

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.

Forms

plural: untouchables
comparative: more untouchable
superlative: most untouchable

untie · To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage…until · Up to the time of (something happening); pending.unto · Up to the time or degree that; until.

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.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.