untouchable

Examples

• All

• Enshrined in history as an untouchable frontier, the Arctic is being transformed by significant warming, a rising thirst for oil and gas, and international tussles over shipping routes and seabed resources.

  Blog text (10)

• I used to have expectations that LA was something impossible to break into, that the industry was this, this untouchable dream.

  Film Courage

• However, it is setting goals that seem untouchable that strengthen my ability to go after the Boston Marathon.

  Blog text (33)

• Harvard is a metaphor for untouchable intellectual achievement.

  Harvard University

• Why should aspirational products be the only ones that are well branded when actually these untouchable items say far more about our chosen lifestyle than any others?

  Blog text (11)

• Many people see success in Hollywood as an untouchable goal that only a few can achieve.

• The treasure was kept in a vault that was virtually untouchable for anyone outside the organization.

• The luxury yacht felt untouchable to them, as if it were a symbol of wealth they could never attain.

Synonyms

I

inaccessible

vsuntouchable

28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

adds the sense of being impossible to obtain as well as reach

U

unattainable

vsuntouchable

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

applies more broadly to things being out of reach or not accessible

U

unreachable

vsuntouchable

15 4.9

Too difficult to get to because of where or how it is

includes that idea but also covers things that cannot be acquired

U

unobtainable

vsuntouchable

7 6.1

Impossible to get

is about being out of reach or not able to be accessed

U

unachievable

vsuntouchable

3 6.3

Not possible to do or reach

focuses instead on physical or practical inaccessibility rather than effort

U

undoable

vsuntouchable

1 4.9

Not possible to do because of little time or no help

is about things being out of reach or impossible to obtain rather than only tasks

U

unfindable

vsuntouchable

1 7.1

Very hard to find

refers more widely to being unreachable or not able to be acquired

U

unapproachable

vsuntouchable

1 7.1

Hard to reach because it is far away or blocked

has a broader sense that covers access and ability to get

U

ungettable

vsuntouchable

1 8.4

Impossible to buy and very hard to find

emphasizes general lack of access rather than just difficulty

U

unbreachable

vsuntouchable

1 7.7

So strong that no one can break into or get past it

is broader, meaning not accessible or obtainable rather than only unbreakable

U

unprocurable

vsuntouchable

9.9

Not possible to find or buy

covers being out of reach as well as not obtainable

U

un-get-at-able

vsuntouchable

• Informal

9.9

Hard to reach or achieve

is more general about being not accessible or attainable

U

uncomeatable

vsuntouchable

• Archaic

9.9

Hard to reach or get

uses a plain modern sense of being not accessible or attainable

I

introuvable

vsuntouchable

9.9

Very hard to find or get

is about general inaccessibility or inability to obtain rather than rarity

Antonyms

A

accessible

280 3.9

A place, thing, or service that you can reach and use easily

A

attainable

17 3.9

Possible to achieve or reach

How Accessible

accessible

280 3.9

reachable

9 2.8

untouchable

3 7.7

unreachable

15 4.9

unobtainable

7 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology