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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition..
After he retied the knot for the umptieth time, he finally figured out how to make it stay tied.
Use umptieth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Umptieth means (informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition..
Common synonyms include ordinal, umpteenth, umteenth.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After he retied the knot for the umptieth time, he finally figured out how to make it stay tied.
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