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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
Carl Anka, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Up until this point, Domínguez has seemingly been looked at as untouchable for the Yankees.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 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
This is why they are not regarded as untouchable and the same applies for most of the first-team squad.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Up until this point, Domínguez has seemingly been looked at as untouchable for the Yankees.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 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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In circumstances where treatment is either inaccessible or inadequate, frustrated patients are resorting to do-it-yourself medicine, like using psilocybin to manage cluster headaches.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The facility had no hot water and a handwashing sink was inaccessible due to a ladder in front of the sink and old cans inside the basin.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The oak is one of the Tongva people’s sacred plants; its acorns are a staple in traditional meals.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Maha Kumbh Mela celebration lasts six weeks and is expected to draw 400 million visitors, many of whom will have come to bathe in the sacred waters where three holy rivers meet.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But in his day, Gerber’s neighbors were society’s outcasts.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2025
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Wicked tells the origin story of Elphaba, the green outcast who becomes the Wicked Witch, and her friendship with Glinda, who eventually becomes the Good Witch of the South.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Beginning Monday, about 2,000 bars and restaurants across the state will be able to pour the regional favorite, which for the first 195 years of its history was unavailable in Illinois — except for some grassroots interstate bootlegging.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn’t as simple as using a VPN.—
Brenda Stolyar,
WIRED,
27 Jan. 2025
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The label’s Orange tab, for one, is a holy grail for 1960s-era flared jeans; the Silver tab reflects grungier styles from the 1980s and 1990s.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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Chandler is one of several side characters John encounters on his journey who stand in for the hoards of people who encouraged him, either explicitly or implicitly, to pursue North Sentinel as a holy grail.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 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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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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Wilks was an outsider Shanahan never felt comfortable with.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Cardinal Benitez — The Substance An outsider who appears to have materialized out of thin air.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Untouchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchable. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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