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Last in an indefinite series
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umpteenth
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. last in an indefinitely numerous series [syn: umteenth , umptieth ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
umpteenth \ump"teenth\, a. Ordinal of umpteen , with corresponding signification; as, for the umpteenth time, I'm telling you to stop. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
num. (context informal often slightly derogatory English) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
Usage examples of umpteenth.
Penhaligon said, trying not to sound like a school teacher telling a five-year-old how to tie shoelaces for the umpteenth time.
She would still be alive if I had spoken to her, Edwina thought for the umpteenth time.
I shall direct all of my energies from now on, she reminded herself for the umpteenth time.
Nelson glanced at the carriage clock on the mantelshelf of his living room for the umpteenth time.
She had been sitting with Tom and June going over it all for the umpteenth time.
She ran her tongue around the inside of her mouth, checking for the umpteenth time this past minute her teeth, which felt, oddly enough, like gums.
It was the fare on HBO he was monitoring this morning, the present offering an umpteenth rerun of a film he had seen at least once before, the one about the undercover cop who assumes the identity of a mid-level N.
For the umpteenth time I was hauling him out by the back legs when my mother appeared.
But my eyes were watering badly now and I knew I had to take out the goddamned handkerchief for the umpteenth time.
He ran his simulation comparison for the umpteenth time, and the channels failed every time.
For the umpteenth time Signora Strega-Borgia gave silent thanks for the good fortune that had brought dear, sensible, Nanny McLachlan to StregaSchloss.
For the umpteenth time, I described Jane Doe and the series of interviews that had led me to Lockaby.
Leia listened, to the budding argument fade away, for the umpteenth time thanking the Force that she was at least temporarily no longer the one in charge of this madhouse.
Watched Kitty strip to naked for the umpteenth time that summer, stretch her cat stretch, arms up, long legs longer as she stood on her toes.
Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes.