umpteenth
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈʌmpˌtiːnθ/
- Informal
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umpésima
- Stephen, for the umpteenth time, Ted Rampion is not my pinup.
- for the umpteenth time
- umpteenth day
- umpteenth year
So in the United States, for example, I've just read the umpteenth story about the fentanyl explosion.
- So in the United States, for example, I've just read the umpteenth story about the fentanyl explosion.
- But when you derive mathematically predictions from from quantum theory, those predictions are verified to the umpteenth significant figure.
- I had slept through work for the umpteenth time.
- Danny after the fact, Danny listening to you weep quiet as this umpteenth L must be kept.
- Except of course, this has happened like umpteenth number of times because of course it has.
Examples
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And I am telling you for the umpteenth time, these drawings are wrong.
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Ol' Marlo has done it again and for the umpteenth time.
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Let me make it clear for the umpteenth time, no order.
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Oh, my God, - for the umpteenth time... -
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It's like the umpteenth time I've seen ya here.
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And once again, for the umpteenth time, I wondered what Ula was thinking.
Fiction book (1995) -
So, after playing around with my budgets for the umpteenth millionth time, I noticed something interesting.
Blog text (12) -
And I'm breaking my hairdresser's appointment for the umpteenth time.
Fiction book (1998) -
For the umpteenth time that day, Marguerite searched the drawer where she had put the pottery fragments.
Fiction book (1993) -
I explained my plans for the umpteenth time, and she still didn't understand me.
Synonyms
3
7.0
Of a very large or final number in a series
1
8.4
Happening very many times
Describes something that has happened many times and annoys people
Said to show something happened many times, often as an exaggeration
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Morphology
umpteenth = umpteen (transparent) = umpteen + th
The ordinal suffix '-th' is attached to the informal numeral 'umpteen' in a regular way, so a learner who knows 'umpteen' can readily infer 'umpteenth'.
Etymology
Umpteenth comes from the playful number umpteen, a joking word that means 'many' or 'a lot', plus the ending -th, the same ending in 'fourth'. So umpteenth is like saying 'the many-th time' and is used to show something has happened 'again and again'.