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malacostracologied adj. A drinker so far gone that every stagger becomes an investigation into sideways locomotion. Acencion was malacostracologied and tested three different lateral routes to the lavatory. malacostracologisted adj. A drinker who studies the room's crustacean-like movements instead of joining them. Tooba malacostracologisted the queue, studying its sideways movements instead of joining it. malacozoologied adj. The condition of a drinker who examines every unsteady body as though it belonged in a specimen jar. Merce was malacozoologied and watched the dance floor with the concentration of a field researcher. malacozoologisted adj. The state of being drunk and treating every slow, damp movement as evidence from the animal kingdom. maladaptabilitied adj. The drunkenness of one who cannot adjust to chairs, doorways, stairs, or the changing angle of the floor. Casta was maladaptabilitied and missed the chair despite correcting her approach three times. maladaptationed adj. Reduced by drink to a poor fit for the environment, particularly where the environment contains steps. Tajanea became maladaptationed and found the narrow hallway incompatible with upright travel. maladaptivenessed adj. Softened by drink into actions poorly suited to their surroundings, such as turning on stairs. maladaptivitied adj. Sharpened by drink into a talent for selecting the least suitable response to every obstacle. maladdressed adj. Loosened by drink into addressing strangers, furniture, and authority figures with equal misplaced familiarity. maladherenced adj. Emboldened by drink to abandon every handrail, instruction, and sensible line of travel. Allee became maladherenced and released the banister halfway down the stairs to prove a point. maladie du paysed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone homesick for a room already left behind. maladied (/ˈmæl.ə.did/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat has become a lingering administrative problem. Kamarius was maladied by midnight, still searching the same peg for a coat he was wearing. maladjustmented adj. Drunk and poorly aligned with the furniture, the floor, and the basic mechanics of walking. Samyak went maladjustmented and approached the doorway at an angle no hinge could accommodate. maladministrationed (/ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃn̩d/) adj. Drunk to the point where each limb has received faulty instructions from a different department. Habeel became maladministrationed and attempted the stairs with both feet pursuing separate policies. maladministratored adj. Of a drinker: guilty of assigning every coat to the wrong person before the final round. maladroited (/ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned the simple business of finding the cloakroom into a sequence of minor accidents. Laith got maladroited while putting on his coat and emerged wearing somebody else's sleeve.