belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
[ Syn: harijan ]
untouchable (n.)
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target- Newsweek
impossible to assail
[ Syn: unassailable ]
forbidden to the touch; in most museums such articles are untouchable'
( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
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
[ Syn: inaccessible , unobtainable , unprocurable ]