Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. colloq. Ordinal of umpteen, with corresponding signification.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. last in an indefinitely numerous series
Etymologies
- From umpteen + -th. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But hunt mornings are different, Im up and at em making sure for the "umpteenth" time all my gear is in order.”
“I'd love to know since I'm always saying "umpteenth”
“Using the word "umpteenth" is only slightly better than using the word "gazillion.”
“Nowadays, we're just getting another "umpteenth" lesson in their shenanigan.”
“His fragile, hyper-inflated ego got hurt when he was told last year that "playing in Green Bay was not an option" after he unretired for the "umpteenth" time.”
“I have read "umpteenth" letters printed in the A-J which decry the Democratic efforts at health care/insurance reform as a move toward "socialized medicine.”
“Israel to welcome Ruda Habib and her 18-month old son, freed from jail in Israel in exchange for a Big speeches with grand accompanying events marking an 'umpteenth' rekindling of the strangest and longest peace process have been Middle East fixtures for decades, as have the inevitable follow-up periods of”
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“You do not, for the umpteenth time, have to purchase the isnurance that the gov't willbe offering.”
“For the umpteenth time for those that clearly wish there were NO HOPE, it is going to get worse before it gets better, and it is going to take time.”
“But the truth is, for the umpteenth time, that the excesses are being invested right here in America.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘umpteenth’.
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
approbation, assuage, chicanery, abscond, effrontery, enervation, equivocate, ennui, aftertaste, filibuster, perfunctory, abide and 391 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Just Plain Weird.
Something about these words doesn't look or feel right. And yet... they're strangely appealing.
pumpkin, platypus, atlatl, pterodactyl, octopus, veldt, asparagus, aspic, lacquer, mastiff, weevil, lapis and 156 more...
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MsHalston's Words
theoretically, insufferable, apolitico, milquetoast, egregious, aplomb, elan, fraught, flummox, befrocked, moll, molten and 605 more...
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neologisms I like
nimrod, snarky, painbow, interrobang, hoser, kooky, craptastic, preggers, asshat, brainiac, shoegaze, skanker-sore and 146 more...
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Evin290's Words
puerile, fastidious, blatherskite, folderol, femtosecond, redox, incarnadine, cerulean, genuflection, muslin, multitudinous, miasma and 517 more...
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Mib's Words
east overshoe, east bumfuck, turd, umpteenth, ammies, shithead, fatty, for pete's sake, crud, rigamarole, creep, bedlington and 33 more...
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ElmoAli's Words
rubbies, sarcoidosis, lupus, behcets, pizzle, flutterby, seepy, hungy, ermies, luff, pippy, ribby and 22 more...
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Words and Pseudo-words That Annoy me
If I could burn words, I would burn these. ;P
irregardless, utilize, downsize, reorganization, gravitas, micromanage, can-do, paradigm, proactive, empowerment, dialogue, vertical and 29 more...
Tweets
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