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sustaining programmed adj. Having drunk more than the station intended, and continuing to transmit without commercial interruption. Gigette was sustaining programmed, providing uninterrupted analysis despite the absence of any paying sponsor. sustaininged adj. Sufficiently drunk to uphold an argument after its premises have quietly collapsed. Stina was sustaininged and maintained the same point through three unrelated changes of subject. sustainmented adj. You have drunk enough to regard continued existence as an administrative act requiring regular support. sustainwashinged adj. You are drunk and presenting ordinary overindulgence as a carefully managed contribution to long-term wellbeing. sustenanced (/ˈsʌs.tə.nənsd/) adj. Of a drinker: maintained by whatever provides support or nourishment, including the bar itself. Vernita was sustenanced by toast and the steadying generosity of the nearest chair. sustenationed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the maintenance of an evening for a sufficient reason to prolong it. Naasir was sustenationed and continued preserving the party after its guests had departed. sustentacled adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced support and nourishment to a single, obsolete principle. sustentaculumed (/ˌsʌstɛnˈtakjʊləmd/) adj. A drinker who serves as a supporting structure for several less stable parts of the room. sustentatioed adj. A drinker so far gone that suspense has become the sole remaining organising principle. sustentationed adj. Drunk to a degree that breakfast, water and a chair are sustaining achievements. sustentatored adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring the bedframe, wall and landing rail as sustaining structures. Tilly came downstairs sustentatored, using each banister as though it had been installed for her. sustentioned adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's optimism, with morning water now doing the sustaining. sustentored adj. Drunk since last orders, and hanging from the duvet like a chrysalis awaiting emergence. sustered adj. Drunk and addressing unrelated women as though they shared parents. sustoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking with a persistent fright in the stomach. Ronaele was sustoed by breakfast, startled by the toaster and suspicious of the doorbell. susued adj. Drunk by closing time, and collecting the morning's obligations into an informal rota. Anagrace woke susued, assigning everyone a turn at making tea and finding the missing keys.