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umpteenth

[uhmp-teenth]

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adjective Informal.

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

First recorded in 1915–20; umpteen + -th²

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for umpteenth

Contemporary Examples of umpteenth

It would have been worse than Lucy yanking away that blasted football for the umpteenth time.
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Robert Silverman
July 11, 2014
In the end, Jezebel took a stand against Vogue for the umpteenth time and spent $10,000 in the process.
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Lizzie Crocker
January 21, 2014
While watching The Ten Commandments on TV with their children for the umpteenth time, Burnett and Downey had an epiphany.
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Andrew Romano
January 9, 2014
The news is the umpteenth "‎breakthrough" in HIV in the 32 years of the epidemic.
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The entire vaccine debate has been stirred up for the umpteenth time this week by our national influenza epidemic.
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January 18, 2013

Historical Examples of umpteenth

Or maybe I did when for the umpteenth time I suggested she should marry me.
Lighter Than You Think
Nelson Bond
I have been reading "Pepys' Diary" for what Mrs. Darling would call the "umpteenth" time.
The Lure of Old London
Sophie Cole
For the umpteenth time, as Mr. Ellerton would say, that man doesn't care two-pence about me, Golden.
The Disturbing Charm
Berta Ruck
But I was being whisked up the elevator to the umpteenth floor before he had the chance.
Across America by Motor-cycle
C. K. Shepherd