Today’s “Word of the Day” is “umpteenth“ and it is an adjective meaning “if something occurs for the umpteenth time, it occurs once more after having occurred many times previously; countless, numerous, innumerable, very many, lots of”.
Example Sentence: In the northeast, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958 is in force in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh and areas falling within the jurisdiction of eight police stations of the State bordering Assam…The Ministry of Home Affairs extended the AFSPA for the umpteenth time through a notification on June 30 by declaring Nagaland a “disturbed area” and citing “dangerous condition”.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Nagaland killings underline AFSPA pitfalls and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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