untouchable
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untouchable (comparative more untouchable, superlative most untouchable)
- Not able to be touched.
- 2023 May 14, Rebecca Ratcliffe, Thitipol Panyalimpanun, “Opposition parties take lead in Thai election”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- Not able to be defeated or bested.
- The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.
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not able to be touched
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untouchable (plural untouchables)
- A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
- Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
- (India) A member of the lowest and most despised caste in traditional Indian society.
- A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
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- (member of the lowest Indian caste): Dalit, pariah, undesirable (noun)
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criminal
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member of the lowest caste
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incorruptible law enforcement agent
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