Umpteen
adjective
Very many, a lot of.
He's been asked umpteen times to clean his room.
Often appears as...
- umpteen times
- umpteen years
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Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Very many, a lot of.
He's been asked umpteen times to clean his room.
Often appears as...
- umpteen times
- umpteen years
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Exaggeration
Used to indicate a higher number than actual to emphasize there's a lot without being specific.
I've explained this to you umpteen times!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal writing or speeches.
She's brought umpteen snacks for the road trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Uncountable Items
Refers to things you can't or haven't counted exactly, often for effect.
There are umpteen stars in the sky tonight.
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Exaggeration
Used to indicate a higher number than actual to emphasize there's a lot without being specific.
I've explained this to you umpteen times!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal writing or speeches.
She's brought umpteen snacks for the road trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Uncountable Items
Refers to things you can't or haven't counted exactly, often for effect.
There are umpteen stars in the sky tonight.
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Exaggeration
Used to indicate a higher number than actual to emphasize there's a lot without being specific.
I've explained this to you umpteen times!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal writing or speeches.
She's brought umpteen snacks for the road trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Uncountable Items
Refers to things you can't or haven't counted exactly, often for effect.
There are umpteen stars in the sky tonight.
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Video examples
Erica Frenkel: The...
trying to deliver anesthesia and teach others how to do so using that same equipment that became so unreliable, and frankly unsafe, in his hospital. And after umpteen surgeries and, you can imagine, really unspeakable tragedy, he just said, "That's it. I'm done. That's enough.
Video examples
Erica Frenkel: The...
trying to deliver anesthesia and teach others how to do so using that same equipment that became so unreliable, and frankly unsafe, in his hospital. And after umpteen surgeries and, you can imagine, really unspeakable tragedy, he just said, "That's it. I'm done. That's enough.
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Quote examples
Peter Marino
American Architect
Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.
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Reza Aslan
Iranian Writer
I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years, and where religiosity is going in the future. I think that's a topic I've been chewing on for a few years; I would love to eventually work on and produce a book out of it.
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Jim Lee
South Korean Artist
The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of internship, two years of residency, umpteen years of specialization, and then finally you get to be what you have trained almost all your life for.
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Edwin Morgan
Scottish Poet
People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
I don't look in the mirror; don't like what I see; never have. I am not my idea of a beauty. Never was. This is not false modesty. I've just never been enamoured of my face, which of course is magnified umpteen times on screen.
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Rakim
American Musician
I'm not a mainstream artist. But I've seen my kids being born; I've seen them take their first steps, I've seen them grow up and start school. That's worth more to me than any umpteen million dollars.
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Shaunie O'Neal
American Celebrity
It's a crazy world, and I just want to remain true to myself, if that means I remain true to my core group of friends that I've had for umpteen years and being a mommy.
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Vivek
Indian Actor
I request big films to give way for small movies as there are umpteen number of such films waiting to see the light of the day.
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Kirk Hammett
American Musician
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
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Peter Marino
American Architect
Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.
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Reza Aslan
Iranian Writer
I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years, and where religiosity is going in the future. I think that's a topic I've been chewing on for a few years; I would love to eventually work on and produce a book out of it.
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Jim Lee
South Korean Artist
The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of internship, two years of residency, umpteen years of specialization, and then finally you get to be what you have trained almost all your life for.
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Edwin Morgan
Scottish Poet
People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
I don't look in the mirror; don't like what I see; never have. I am not my idea of a beauty. Never was. This is not false modesty. I've just never been enamoured of my face, which of course is magnified umpteen times on screen.
Quote examples
Rakim
American Musician
I'm not a mainstream artist. But I've seen my kids being born; I've seen them take their first steps, I've seen them grow up and start school. That's worth more to me than any umpteen million dollars.
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Shaunie O'Neal
American Celebrity
It's a crazy world, and I just want to remain true to myself, if that means I remain true to my core group of friends that I've had for umpteen years and being a mommy.
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Vivek
Indian Actor
I request big films to give way for small movies as there are umpteen number of such films waiting to see the light of the day.
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Kirk Hammett
American Musician
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
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