untouchables

plural of untouchable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouchables
Noun
  • Those capricious moves and bold reversals have fueled the anxiety in the diplomatic corps here in Washington even as allies and outcasts alike are trying to make sense of the moment.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Frame has arrived at her scene of longed-for creative apotheosis, and, of course, it is reached among outcasts, during the drift of an unemployed afternoon, by the public water, with the crumpled, argent detritus of casual intoxicants.
    Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The Real Deal, a real estate trade publication, first reported on those suits in June, and Oren and Tal quickly tumbled from their perch and became pariahs.
    Debra Kamin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After a small Nebraska town is devastated by a severe dust storm, the community’s outsiders must come together to create a more sustainable future.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In anthropology, refusal entails a denial of access to cultural resources and insider knowledge that might be exploited solely for outsiders’ benefit.
    Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Untouchables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchables. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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