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underpackinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning’s necessities have been packed in insufficient quantities. Kylepatrick was underpackinged, carrying one sock, half a toothbrush and no plan for breakfast. underpaddinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has provided too little cushioning for the morning’s impact. Laquinthia was underpaddinged, meeting the hard kitchen chair with unusual seriousness. underpaded adj. The state of being drunk and reliant, by morning, on a protective layer beneath the consequences. Niani was underpaded after sleeping through the alarm and spilling coffee beside the bed. underpaintinged adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with yesterday’s first layer showing through every later account. Johnnyjoe was underpaintinged, his morning retelling revealing the same uncertain outline beneath each revision. underpaired adj. Reduced by drink to treating every morning-after inconvenience as a losing hand already on the table. Kindred was underpaired, convinced the breakfast menu had beaten him before ordering. underpantiesed adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after state in which modesty is reduced to the smallest available garment. Swarna was underpantiesed at sunrise, negotiating breakfast from behind the bedroom door. underpants gnomed adj. Loosened by drink into a planner whose morning-after scheme omits the steps between leaving bed and reaching breakfast. Cortney went underpants gnomed, proposing coffee without establishing where shoes or money were. underpantsed (/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpæntsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after insistence that ordinary clothing is an unnecessary complication. Breonca remained underpantsed until noon, defending the arrangement as practical. underparameterizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to explain the morning with too few conditions, variables or apologies. Trinie was underparameterizationed, claiming the headache had only one cause and one remedy. underparented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a subordinate guardian managing responsibilities inherited from someone more competent. Falynn was underparented, supervising the breakfast while still looking for permission to sit down. underparentinged adj. Drunk and interacting insufficiently with the morning, as though it were a child best left unattended. Brier was underparentinged, leaving the kettle to manage itself and returning to bed. underparted adj. Drunk to the point where the morning finds only the lower portion of the person properly accounted for. Josehine was underparted, seated on the floor with the rest of the morning still unavailable. underparticipationed adj. Drunk enough to contribute inadequately to breakfast, conversation and the reconstruction of the previous evening. Carigan was underparticipationed, offering one word to the household’s detailed investigation. underpassaged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning can be reached except by a lower, indirect route. Rafif was underpassaged, emerging from the station’s lower corridor at an unfamiliar hour. underpassed adj. Drunk past the point of taking the route home directly, and discovered beneath the morning’s ordinary obstacles. Adyant was underpassed, having navigated beneath the ring road before remembering the address. underpayered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning-after drinker certain the bill was settled, though not by enough. Tyfani was underpayered, producing coins that covered neither the fare nor the explanation.