umpty-umpth

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umpty-umpth

  • /ˈʌmptiˌʌmpθ/

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From umpty-ump + -th (ordinal suffix).

adjective

  1. not comparable Umpteenth. 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

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@misc{umpty_umpth_2026,
  title = {umpty-umpth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/umpty-umpth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}