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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
untouchable oil lying deep within the earth
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as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
an untouchable target for criticism as far as the local newspaper was concerned
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Recent Examples of untouchable
Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Their overconfidence led to underestimating systemic risks, believing their models were untouchable.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
The relative increase in the Muslim population that the census had established, and the uncertain status of untouchables and tribal groups as Hindus for enumeration purposes made the definition of a Hindu all the more critical.
—Vikram Sampath, Quartz India, 20 Aug. 2019
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Adjective
The beautiful Palisades home my mother cared for most of her life had always been untouchable in my mind’s eye.
—Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Their overconfidence led to underestimating systemic risks, believing their models were untouchable.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
Two hundred million of them are Dalit, or what used to be called untouchables.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019
The relative increase in the Muslim population that the census had established, and the uncertain status of untouchables and tribal groups as Hindus for enumeration purposes made the definition of a Hindu all the more critical.
—Vikram Sampath, Quartz India, 20 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchable
Adjective
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The disruption has rendered online gaming services, digital stores, and multimedia applications inaccessible to PlayStation users worldwide.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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The hidden back pocket keeps your passport and phone inaccessible to pickpocketers, while the front pocket and interior compartments are spacious enough for a day’s worth of essentials, plus more.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the performer invited to take on this onerous task nearly always agrees, because there is no platform like that one in this country—a great equalizer stage, a microcosm of all things sacred and profane.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Police reported the stampede occurred as hundreds of millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters on the most auspicious day of the festival.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Spence is the former outcast who has become an integral part of Postecoglou’s plans and should have been utilised more at the beginning of the campaign to give others, including Udogie and Pedro Porro, sufficient rest.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Graham family’s youngest child, Charlie (Milly Shapiro), is clearly an outcast while her older brother Peter (Alex Wolff) falls into a much more mainstream pack at school.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Kansas City Department of Aviation and a spokeswoman for the city were both unavailable to comment on the pending lawsuit.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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Under the current law, the UKG [UK government] can issue a 'Technical Capability Notice' that seeks to obligate a provider to remove an 'electronic protection' to allow access to data that is otherwise unavailable due to encryption.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Who knew that banning books, paying teachers pitiful salaries and threatening them with jail if they were caught with salacious book titles would be the holy grail of student success?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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The government even organized helicopters to shower flower petals on the saints and seers taking a holy dip.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.—
Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser,
Anchorage Daily News,
8 Feb. 2023
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Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
3 Oct. 2024
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But one thing’s for sure—there were some among them who chose to become lepers.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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In the same year that 5,000-1 outsider Leicester shocked all and sundry by winning the 2015-16 Premier League, the Broncos were underdogs in the Super Bowl but beat the Carolina Panthers.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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But Edlin believes that the outsider art category does have a distinct culture.—
Hilarie M. Sheets,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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