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Words with a similar base: untouchable

'untouchable'

[untouchable.n.01] as in: belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

'untouchable'

[untouchable.s.01] as in: beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; - Newsweek

Examples:
for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target

'untouchable'

[unassailable.s.02] as in: impossible to assail

'untouchable'

[untouchable.s.03] as in: forbidden to the touch

Examples:
in most museums such articles are untouchable

'untouchable'

[untouchable.s.04] as in: ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

'untouchable'

[inaccessible.s.01] as in: not capable of being obtained

Examples:
a rare work, today almost inaccessible
timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

Origins

					untouchable (English)
├── touchable (English)
│   ├── -able (English)
│   └── touch (English)
│       └── touchen (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── un- (English)
    ├── on- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   ├── on- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── ond- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── un- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── un- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── unus (Latin)
        └── oinos (Latin)