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underlying setted adj. Having drunk enough to regard every point on the floor as a separate topological space. Deniesha became underlying setted and visited each stair as an independent location. underlyinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and deriving each movement's value from whatever surface lies beneath it. Anakarina became underlyinged and treated the carpet as the source of all balance. underlyingnessed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, with balance operating beneath awareness rather than above it. Quaseem grew underlyingnessed and let an unseen lower mechanism manage the stairs. undermaided adj. You have drunk enough to accept assistance from the least senior person in the room. Kerby got undermaided and allowed the youngest guest to supervise the stairs. undermaintenanced adj. You are drunk and functioning on a maintenance schedule that has plainly been neglected. Myraa became undermaintenanced and needed recalibrating after every landing. undermakeuped adj. Of a drinker: applying a preliminary layer of confidence beneath an increasingly unreliable face. Sayyid got undermakeuped and practised looking steady before approaching the stairs. undermanagemented adj. Drunk beyond adequate management of rounds, coats, or the route home. Gyles became undermanagemented before the second round and lost the party to the cloakroom. undermanagered adj. Drunk, with the result that every junior figure acquires authority over the journey home. Catelynne was undermanagered by last orders and took transport advice from the cloakroom queue. undermanned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising who is in charge, and reporting everyone else as subordinate. Ophia was undermanned by last orders and put the coat stand in charge of taxis. undermarginned adj. Drunk to a degree that the lower rim of every glass appears to require inspection. Hannah-rose was undermarginned by the third round and examined each glass from below. undermarkingsed adj. Drunk to the extent of identifying the underside markings of every coat on the way out. Detrell was undermarkingsed and catalogued the labels beneath each coat before leaving. undermasculinizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round that leaves everyone pleasantly less concerned with masculine posturing. Oseph became undermasculinizationed and let the smallest person carry the coats home. undermastered adj. Drunk since last orders, and subordinate to whoever has remembered where the coats are. Taraya was undermastered after closing time, taking coat instructions from the barback. undermatched adj. Drunk by the third round, and content to pair each person with the least suitable route home. Charona was undermatched by the third round and paired the taxi with a different passenger. undermatchinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and accepting the first available taxi despite having a better one in mind. Aariyona was undermatchinged and took the first taxi, though hers was still waiting nearby. undermated adj. Still drunk, and functioning as the junior officer of a badly organised voyage home. Shirletta remained undermated, taking orders from the last passenger aboard the night bus.