untouchable

Noun
  1. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India (synset 110759538)
    is a type of: castaway, ishmael, outcast, pariah - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    same as: harijan
Adjective
  1. Beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment (synset 302536884)
    "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"
    similar to: invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable
  2. Impossible to assail (synset 302520844)
    similar to: inviolable - incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
    same as: unassailable
  3. Forbidden to the touch (synset 301766254)
    "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
    similar to: impermissible - not permitted
  4. (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling (synset 300429740)
    similar to: impure, unclean - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
  5. Not capable of being obtained (synset 300187681)
    "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
    similar to: unavailable - not available or accessible or at hand
    same as: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable

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