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un·touch·a·ble  audio  (n-tch-bl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Not to be touched.
  2. Out of reach; unobtainable.
  3. Being beyond the reach of criticism, impeachment, or attack.
  4. Loathsome or unpleasant to the touch.
NOUN:
often Untouchable
A member of the class that is excluded from and considered unclean and defiling by the four Hindu castes.


OTHER FORMS:
un·toucha·bili·ty(Noun), un·toucha·bly(Adverb)


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