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underfittinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a poor fit for every sensible account of the previous evening. Binkie was underfittinged, and none of the available explanations matched the missing shoe. underflavored adj. Loosened by drink into a faint morning taste beneath the stronger flavour of regret. Mirakle was underflavored, offering only a trace of last night's opinions with the tea. underflavoured adj. Emboldened by drink to name the aftertaste of every decision made after midnight. Bentlee was underflavoured, identifying regret, lager and onion beneath the breakfast conversation. underflipped adj. Slowed by drink to a single, laborious turn beneath the duvet before abandoning all further manoeuvres. Angel-grace was underflipped, attempting one careful roll and remaining there until lunch. underfloor heatinged adj. Drunk and radiating modest warmth from below, while the upper portions remain unavailable for comment. Zarren was underfloor heatinged, warm beneath the table and silent above it. underfloored adj. Drunk in a way that makes every confident step reveal a second, less reliable surface beneath it. Darianys grew underfloored and tested the carpet before trusting it with either foot. underflooringed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning proceeds on a hidden layer beneath the visible one. Venise was underflooringed, conducting breakfast from somewhere below the carpet. underflowed adj. Drunk enough to move beneath the surface of conversation, leaving only an occasional current visible. Olyve was underflowed, answering from below the discussion whenever someone mentioned coffee. underflushed adj. Drunk past the point of hiding the colour beneath the face, particularly in the morning light. Lequita was underflushed, with last night's wine showing through every attempt at composure. underfocused adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning's objects and their intended purposes occupy the same plane. Mowgli was underfocused, studying the mug just in front of the coffee it contained. underfooted (/ʌndəˈfʊtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that puts the morning's belongings beneath you, wherever you have finally settled. Traci was underfooted, asleep on the shoes and insisting they made an excellent berth. underfootinged adj. Describing a drinker who treats the floor as provisional terrain and sets off across it regardless. Elios was underfootinged and crossed the polished floor as though it were a moor. underfootmanned adj. A drinker who assumes every minor task is beneath him and delegates it to someone standing nearby. Amy-leigh went underfootmanned and ordered Patarica to carry a single empty glass. underforested adj. A drinker so far gone that every gap beneath the conversation acquires unnecessary foliage. Maguette became underforested and filled each pause with increasingly elaborate woodland detail. underfouded adj. The state of being drunk and appointing oneself the junior authority in matters requiring no authority. Toriona grew underfouded and began issuing minor rulings about the pub's seating. underframed adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes every supporting structure for an invitation to lean upon it. Labeeb became underframed beside the sofa and defended the angle as deliberate.