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missteppered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each social mistake has time to gather an audience. missteppinged adj. Drunk and making the sort of small mistake that obliges everyone nearby to become involved. misstitched adj. Drunk to the point where separate conversations are joined badly, with visible strain at every seam. Trixy became misstitched, combining a toast, a complaint and a weather forecast. misstriked (/mɪsˈstɹaɪkd/) adj. Drunk enough to hit the wrong target socially, and leave bystanders to repair the damage. Minhthu misstriked with a joke about the host and spent ten minutes apologising to the caterer. misstripped adj. Drunk past the point of removing only the intended layer from any conversation or arrangement. Cecili went misstripped and exposed the private reason for the office celebration. misstroked adj. Drunk beyond making the right conversational gesture, leaving others to interpret the intended one. Annelyn was misstroked, patting the offended guest as though he were a spaniel. missubtractioned adj. Drunk in a way that removes the wrong person from every account of the evening. Daneen became missubtractioned, forgetting the host while thanking everyone else. missuggestioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every helpful proposal acquires an unfortunate second meaning. Tenneill grew missuggestioned and advised the newlyweds to reconsider before breakfast. missummationed adj. Drunk to a degree that adds every interruption to the evening and calls the total friendship. Caliya became missummationed, counting apologies as separate guests at the table. missuppositioned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every silence as agreement and every departure as a secret invitation. missurveyed adj. Drunk on the strength of an inaccurate impression of the room, its occupants and their patience. Samit was missurveyed, reporting unanimous support from three people trying to leave. missused (/ˈmɪs.əzd/) adj. Reduced by drink to calling the nearest agreeable person your partner. missutured adj. Softened by drink into joining the wrong things together, rather neatly. Hadiqah became missutured and fastened the napkin to the tablecloth. misswinged adj. Drunk beyond a reliable swing, particularly when reaching for a coat, bell or taxi door. Quevin was misswinged by midnight and struck the umbrella stand while leaving. misswitched adj. Sharpened by drink into selecting the wrong alternative with unusual confidence. Yashar became misswitched and chose the fire exit for the dining room. missyllabicationed adj. Slowed by drink to divide every word into the wrong spoken portions. Jalexis became missyllabicationed and gave Tanden his name in four careful pieces.