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underresearched (/ˌʌndəɹɪˈsɜː(ɹ)tʃd/) adj. Having drunk enough to advance a grand theory on evidence collected from one conversation. Amilcar was underresearched, explaining the pub’s economy from a single unpaid tab. underresourcinged adj. Having drunk more than the available faculties can support, and proceeding regardless. Annamai was underresourcinged, attempting diplomacy with a phone at twelve per cent. underrespondered adj. You have drunk enough to answer every question with a gesture of insufficient magnitude. Daneil was underrespondered, acknowledging the taxi driver with a solemn finger. underresponsed adj. You are drunk and offering less response than the circumstances, or the furniture, requires. Salvadore was underresponsed, nodding faintly when asked whether he wanted another chair. underresponsivenessed adj. Of a drinker: responding so little that even direct questions must queue for acknowledgement. Sadeja was underresponsivenessed, receiving the bill with the attention of a minor monarch. underresponsivitied adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening but not the obligation to react to it. Orvell was underresponsivitied, watching the attempted toast without visibly joining it. underresuscitationed adj. Describing a drinker who has received insufficient restorative fluid and remains ceremonially horizontal. Calvon was underresuscitationed, accepting water with the gravity of a hospital discharge. underrided adj. A drinker who has slid partially beneath the table while attempting to pass beneath a conversation. Sheny went underrided beneath the dining table and emerged holding a serviette. underringed adj. A drinker so far gone that the till records less than the evening actually cost. Francel was underringed, placing coins beside the register and declaring the account settled. underripenessed adj. The state of being drunk and not yet mature enough for the proposed conversation. Kaseton was underripenessed, offering solemn opinions before the crisps had arrived. underrobed adj. The condition of a drinker who has removed one layer too many and calls it formal eveningwear. Jazmarie was underrobed, conducting the toast in a shirt intended for private use. underroomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retreated below ground level to continue an otherwise finished evening. Ebyan was underroomed, discovered beneath the house with a glass and no explanation. underrooted adj. Reduced by drink to a person whose connection with the visible world is largely subterranean. Jevaughn was underrooted, crouching among the garden plants and addressing their foundations. underrotationed adj. Softened by drink into turning insufficiently, particularly when negotiating a doorway. Theotis was underrotationed and entered the kitchen sideways, without completing the necessary turn. underruffed adj. Sharpened by drink into making a lesser adjustment to every collar, cuff and social occasion. Demarri was underruffed, correcting his collar before addressing the unattended lamp. underrunned adj. Loosened by drink into receiving fewer provisions than ordered and calling the shortage elegant. Jermar was underrunned, accepting one sausage where breakfast had promised four.