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UMPTEEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does umpteen mean?
• UMPTEEN (adjective)
The adjective UMPTEEN has 1 sense:
1. innumerable but many
Familiarity information: UMPTEEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Innumerable but many
Synonyms:
umpteen; umteen
Similar:
many (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number)
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