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underleged adj. Drunk and relying on the lower parts of the legs for decisions they were not trained to make. Boris was underleged on the stairs and paused between each step. underlesseed adj. Drunk to the point where borrowed accommodation feels settled and entirely sufficient. Tajveer was underlesseed on the sitting-room sofa by ten. underlessored adj. Drunk enough to collect rent from a temporary occupant without recalling the tenancy. Sylvan was underlessored, requesting payment from a cousin who had come for supper. underleted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a sublease from an invitation to stay indefinitely. Berth was underleted and moved his coat into the host’s cupboard. underlettered adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the person assigning the room does not own it. Heidi-grace was underlettered, offering the spare bed to someone who had not asked. underlettinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns temporary occupation into a modest property business. Cathrin was underlettinged and began assigning chairs to the evening’s visitors. underlevelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface appears to be a lower floor. Savona was underlevelled, descending carefully from the carpet to the rug. underlevered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the mechanism behind the trigger guard seem worth operating. Youssof was underlevered and kept reaching beneath the rifle he did not possess. underliered adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the unnoticed support for everything placed above. Shelan was underliered beneath several coats and did not object to the arrangement. underlieutenanted adj. Drunk on the strength of a subordinate commission that exists chiefly in conversation. Kursti was underlieutenanted, issuing quiet orders concerning the placement of napkins. underlifed adj. Drunk since last orders, and maintaining a concealed existence beneath the evening’s public one. Daquion was underlifed by midnight, speaking privately to a coat in the hallway. underlighted adj. Drunk by the third round, and illuminated chiefly from below by the table lamp. Nabeeha was underlighted beneath the bar’s counter, her face visible in an unhelpful glow. underlightinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and giving the room its least flattering illumination from underneath. Lo was underlightinged beneath the table, casting an uncertain glow across the supper plates. underlineationed adj. Sharpened by drink into marking every sentence with a decisive, if imaginary, line beneath it. Blimie got underlineationed and scored beneath the landlord's name on the menu. underlined (/ˈʌndəˌlaɪnd/) adj. Still drunk, and placing emphasis beneath words that were not intended to carry it. Endijs was underlined, drawing a firm mark beneath the word ‘perhaps’ on the menu. underlinemented adj. Loosened by drink into placing emphasis beneath words that required no emphasis at all. Giankarlo became underlinemented and traced beneath each item on the bar tab.