belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

[ Syn: harijan ]

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 ]