untouchable

/ʌntˈʌtʃʌbʌl/

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Definitions

Adjective Satellite
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek
Adjective Satellite
impossible to assail
Adjective Satellite
forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
Adjective Satellite
( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
Adjective Satellite
not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
Noun
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India