Meanings
adjectiveumpty-umpth (not comparable)
- not comparableUmpteenth.
Before dialing his office, he skimmed his trial notes, trying for the umpty-umpth time to poke a hole in the prosecution's case. For more than three days, witness by witness, the task had grown more formidable
2005, David A. Weiss, Paralegal . Paramour
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Origin
From umpty-ump + -th (ordinal suffix).
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