An untouchable is someone who is not allowed to be touched by anyone. This includes not only people who are considered to be lower class, but also people who are considered to be dirty or harmful.
The untouchables were not allowed to enter the palace.
The untouchables were not allowed to interact with the other people in the city.
noun
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
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adjective
impossible to assail
Synonyms:
adjective
not capable of being obtained
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adjective
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
adjective
(especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
adjective
forbidden to the touch
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The compound of the school is untouched with greenery.
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The body was untouched by both the rooster and the dog.
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The community was regarded as outcast, impure and untouchable.
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This in turn fuels and promotes continuance of atrocities and untouchability.
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The untouchables are deemed total misfit to the post of peon everywhere.
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Southey's all male ursine trio was not left untouched over the years.
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She sees the jam tarts have been untouched and the trial is pointless.
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Southey's all male ursine trio was not left untouched over the years.
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She was pretty and nubile, eyes and soft mouth smiling together in a childlike eagerness that made her at once infinitely desirable and untouchably innocent.
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Untouchables The untouchables are the lowest of the low.