untouchable
अस्पृश्य
definition
noun
During a recent visit, I found liberals and intellectuals, jet-setters and slum dwellers, men and women, Brahmins and untouchables expressing this Hindu pride.
a member of the lowest-caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system. Contact with untouchables is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.
adjective
a receptionist looking gorgeous and untouchable
not able or allowing to be touched or affected.
of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system.
translation of 'untouchable'
अछूत
adjective
अस्पृश्य
example
Cast in the role of liberation movement valiantly fighting multiple evils of the apartheid system, the ANC is able to situate itself on the virtually 'untouchable' high moral ground.
We all know that youths are 'untouchable' , that we're not allowed to defend ourselves and that authority is ridiculed.
The trio was under the impression that they were 'untouchable' and would beat the rap and began to transfer their assets to relatives' modern-day off-shore accounts.
Protected by his alleged status as a police informer, and until recently by two bodyguards, he has become a Scottish Don Corleone, the feared head of an 'untouchable' empire.
It was like reaching back in time and touching the 'untouchable' , the unknowable.
The classical epic was born in the silent era of Chaplin and Dietrich, and its success was synonymous with the golden age of Hollywood, a time of lavish productions and an exotic world of 'untouchable' screen icons.
Indeed, the citizenry's incentive to finger such bad guys isn't particularly strong when the word on the street is that the these people are 'untouchable' .
It was only during the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, when the monarchy was 'untouchable' , that George IV was able to force through the royal building-spree that culminated in Buckingham Palace.
If the government really wanted to restore the public trust they should go after execs like those at Adelphia and Enron that betray the public trust by acting like they are above the law, that corporate crime is 'untouchable' .
From his days as a small-time fence selling stolen goods from Boston's second-hand shop in Leith to the years running guns and stolen vehicles up the coast of east Africa, it appeared that he was 'untouchable' .
These three Lebanese designers have not attempted to become the disembodied and 'untouchable' master architect.
The order should show that no one is 'untouchable' .
They would at the very least hold on to their 13-point lead and with a game in hand over most of their rivals they would be virtually 'untouchable' with just four matches still to play.
They were arrogant enough to think they were 'untouchable' , but they have been arrested.
They think they are 'untouchable' because excuses are made for their appalling behaviour.
‘It was kind of a wake-up call that we're not 'untouchable' ,’ said Logan, who lives in the District.
The outcome was ‘diversity training’, which made self-designated victim groups such as women, gays or travellers virtually 'untouchable' .
It looked ethereal, almost 'untouchable' , and I fingered the silk, let it run between my fingers like water, then folded it up with the rest of my stuff that I would need.
While they were 'untouchable' last year, there may be four or five teams chasing Kilkenny's tail this year, each giving their fans a reason to feel optimistic about the summer.
Police were today still hunting the weapon used to kill the 6ft, 20-stone criminal, who boasted in a TV documentary that he was 'untouchable' .
He is one of Cincinnati's top prospects, and was deemed 'untouchable' when the team was negotiating the trade.
In the streets, they are almost 'untouchable' , but their property is not.
He said: ‘Many offenders think that they are 'untouchable' and above the law.’
The health service is very politicised in this country which makes it almost 'untouchable' .
They are 'untouchable' - nobody is prepared to go to court because they are too intimidated.
Are we now to assume the England rugby team is officially 'untouchable' in the prize-giving context by all except an elite comprising members of the Royal Family, knights of the realm and fellow World Cup winners?
A month or so ago, Arsenal, 49 matches without defeat, looked 'untouchable' .
The match started promisingly for Oxford, as Hannah of Oriel was 'untouchable' in the hammer throw, achieving a match record of 37. 24m.
Although there was no certainty as to the overall winner, at the time of going to press it looked like it would be the midland's day, as deputy presidential candidate, Derek from Carlow was already 'untouchable' .
If marriage is invincible, indelibly written on the human heart, 'untouchable' or only slightly touched by culture, where do all these fatherless families come from?
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