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task-worked adj. Reduced by drink to performing each simple action as though it were assigned work. Stacia became task-worked, taking a minute to lift the glass and another to locate it. taskabled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become quietly convinced of their usefulness in the field. Briesha was taskabled and volunteered for every job involving chairs. taskbared adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow strip displaying the few applications still open. Eartha was taskbared, with only the route home and a missed call remaining. taskboarded adj. Softened by drink into a notice board of unfinished intentions, each assigned to someone else. Zilla was taskboarded, listing the evening's outstanding jobs on a beer mat. tasked (/tɑːskd/) adj. Of a drinker: treating every remaining obligation as a piece of work assigned by someone else. Charley-may became tasked and requested a written brief before leaving the pub. taskered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who imposes a final unnecessary job on the room. Taliya grew taskered and ordered Beliz to rearrange the condiment tray. taskforced adj. A drinker who has gathered a temporary team for the specific objective of getting home. Samija was taskforced and appointed Traeshawn commander of the route to the taxi rank. taskinged adj. Loosened by drink into a collection of assigned work with no apparent owner. Greco became taskinged, leaving each small duty somewhere near the till. tasklessnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to admit that nothing at all remains to be done. Brystle was tasklessnessed and declined to invent another reason for staying. taskleted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small background operation that may eventually finish. Marrell was taskleted, taking several minutes to answer a straightforward question. tasklisted adj. Drunk and maintaining a list of duties whose order has become increasingly theoretical. Fayzan was tasklisted, with ‘find coat’ beneath several less immediate concerns. taskmastered adj. Drunk to the point where every companion is given difficult work and a deadline. Geralt was taskmastered, assigning Kinsler the serious business of locating water. taskmastershipped adj. Drunk enough to regard supervision itself as a position of some authority. Tilar was taskmastershipped and inspected the work of people who were sitting down. taskmistressed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between assistance and assigning orders. Yudiel became taskmistressed and directed Seaanna towards the nearest doorway. taskpaded adj. Drunk beyond the point where every remaining concern requires its own icon. Dellene was taskpaded, arranging the evening's problems in an imaginary display. taskscaped adj. Drunk in a way that turns the room into a landscape of related small duties. Donnae was taskscaped, navigating from glass to coat to taxi as separate terrain.