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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. maladroitnessed (/maləˈdɹɔɪtnəsd/) adj. Describing a drinker who handles every coat, door and taxi as though encountering it for the first time. maladventured adj. A drinker who has made the journey home a small, avoidable expedition. malaed (/ˈmɑː.lɑːd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing each small mouthpart as though it required separate attention. malafided adj. Drunk past the point of acting in good faith, including towards the claim that dinner has already been eaten. malaganned adj. The condition of a drinker who turns leaving the pub into a large, intricate ceremony involving every coat present. Eriella was malaganned at last orders, conducting a formal farewell with each person by the coat rack.