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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
Star Parker, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article There’s no such thing as an untouchable player on the Chicago Bulls.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 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
There's a lot of talk that almost 75 percent of the federal budget is untouchable mandatory spending.
—Star Parker, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article There’s no such thing as an untouchable player on the Chicago Bulls.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 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
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But even for Haitians in the capital, the city remains inaccessible due to the gangs control of roads and its tiny airport.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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By 2021, Monk had figured out how to count up all sorts of geodesics that had previously been inaccessible.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The saat phere, where the couple circled the sacred fire seven times to take their vows, was next.—
Alexandra Macon,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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However, some institutions are sacred and should be protected from politics.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The 54-year-old filmmaker has focused on portraying outcasts and characters from underrepresented subcultures.—
Beth Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Garson's record could not be independently verified, as a full video of her remarks is unavailable.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the watch pictured his watch had a gold dial and black strap and is currently unavailable online.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is a holy month of fasting.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 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.—
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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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Like his sister, he’s often felt like an outsider in the family—especially since sports have never been his strong suit.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Conservatives have allied themselves with a leader who appears to be an eccentric outsider.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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