determiner · rare

umpteen

Relatively large but unspecified in numberRelatively large but unspecified in number.

/ˈʌmp.tiːn/

» I have told you children umpteen times, no TV before you do your homework!

Meaning

1 senses

(informal)Relatively large but unspecified in number.
She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.
zig
надцатьnadcatʹ, бесчисленноbesčislenno

4 sentences

I have told you children umpteen times, no TV before you do your homework!
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I went there umpteen times.
deIch bin zigmal dagewesen.
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This was a matter of whether spending umpteen million dollars on a program like this was a smart thing to do.
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It won't work. I've already tried it umpteen times.
deDas geht nicht. Ich habe es schon x-mal versucht.
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5 languages

Русский

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Deutsch

Relatively large but unspecified in number:

From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as

From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.

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