umpteenth
[uhmp-teenth]
- of an indefinitely large number in succession: He was the umpteenth person to arrive.
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Also um·teenth [uhm-teenth] /ˈʌmˈtinθ/.
Origin of umpteenth
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Examples from the Web for umpteenth
Contemporary Examples
It would have been worse than Lucy yanking away that blasted football for the umpteenth time.
In the end, Jezebel took a stand against Vogue for the umpteenth time and spent $10,000 in the process.
While watching The Ten Commandments on TV with their children for the umpteenth time, Burnett and Downey had an epiphany.
The news is the umpteenth "breakthrough" in HIV in the 32 years of the epidemic.
The entire vaccine debate has been stirred up for the umpteenth time this week by our national influenza epidemic.
Historical Examples
Or maybe I did when for the umpteenth time I suggested she should marry me.
Lighter Than You ThinkNelson Bond
I have been reading "Pepys' Diary" for what Mrs. Darling would call the "umpteenth" time.
The Lure of Old LondonSophie Cole
For the umpteenth time, as Mr. Ellerton would say, that man doesn't care two-pence about me, Golden.
The Disturbing CharmBerta Ruck
But I was being whisked up the elevator to the umpteenth floor before he had the chance.
Across America by Motor-cycleC. K. Shepherd