untouchables

noun

plural of untouchable
as in outcasts

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  1. outcasts
  2. lepers
  3. pariahs
  4. outsiders
Noun
  • The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of outcasts
Noun
  • Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of lepers
Noun
  • Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of pariahs
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  • Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Like members of the Women’s Rights Convention, these outsiders often invoked the Declaration of Independence as a discursive weapon.
    — Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of outsiders
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“Untouchables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouchables. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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