If you say that someone is untouchable, you mean that they cannot be affected or punished in any way.
I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.
An untouchable is someone who is untouchable.
...an anti-corruption squad nicknamed the 'Untouchables'.
2. adjective
If you describe someone, especially a sports player or entertainer, as untouchable, you are emphasizing that they are better than anyone else in what they do.
[emphasis]
A lot of the players began to feel they were untouchable.
3. countable noun
Some people refer to Hindus of the lowest social rank as untouchables.
[offensive]
He was born an untouchable in a very poor village in south India.
untouchable in British English
(ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl)
adjective
1.
lying beyond reach
2.
above reproach, suspicion, or impeachment
3.
unable to be touched
noun
4. offensive a former name for Dalit
▶ USAGE In relation to the caste system, the term untouchable is banned in both the Indian and Pakistani constitutions
Derived forms
untouchability (unˌtouchaˈbility)
noun
untouchable in American English
(ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl)
adjective
1.
that cannot or should not be touched
noun
2.
an untouchable person or thing
3.
in India, any member of the lowest castes, whose touch was regarded as defiling to higher-caste Hindus: discrimination against these people (now called Scheduled Castes) was officially abolished in 1955
Derived forms
untouchability (ˌuntouchaˈbility)
noun
In other languages
untouchable
British English: untouchable ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is untouchable, you mean that they cannot be affected or punished in any way.
I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.