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   Un·touch·a·ble

   /ˌənˈtəCHəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not able or allowing to be touched or affected: "once they have these documents, they become legally untouchable"
   • ▪ unable to be matched or rivaled: "we took the silver medal behind the untouchable US team"
   • ▪ above reproach; incorruptible.
   • 2. of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system. dated, offensive

   noun

   • 1. a member of the lowest-caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system. Contact with untouchables is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.

   Derivatives

   • 1. untouchability noun
   • 2. untouchableness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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