Meanings
adjectiveumpteenth (not comparable)
- informalnot comparableoften slightly derogatoryOccurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
That's the umpteenth time I've had to tell him not to swear in front of the children.
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For the umpteenth time, I chickened.
1964, Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, page 31Synonyms: nth, nth, umpty-umpth, somethingth
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
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Danish hundredogsyttende, hundredsyttende
- hundredogsyttendeinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- hundredsyttendeinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Dutch zoveelste, tigste
- zoveelsteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- tigsteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Finnish vaikka kuinka mones, ännäs
- vaikka kuinka monesinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- ännäsinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
French énième, ixième
- énièmeinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- ixièmeinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
German soundsovielte, zigte
- soundsovielteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- zigteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- xteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- zigsteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Hungarian sokadik, x-edik
- sokadikinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- x-edikinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Indonesian kesekian
- kesekianinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Italian ennesimo
- ennesimoinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Norwegian ørtende
- ørtendeinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Portuguese enésimo
- enésimoinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Russian э́нный, бесчи́сленный
- э́нный (énnyj)informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- бесчи́сленный (besčíslennyj)informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Spanish enésima
- enésimainformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
Swedish femtioelfte, sjuttielfte
- femtioelfteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- sjuttielfteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- hundrasjuttielfterinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
- hundrafemtioelfteinformal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series
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APA
umpteenth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umpteenth
MLA
“umpteenth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umpteenth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umpteenth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umpteenth.
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