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underscribed adj. Softened by drink into an assistant role, copying the loudest person and waiting for instructions. Glades was underscribed beside the karaoke machine, transcribing requests nobody had actually made. underscrubed adj. Sharpened by drink into the low growth beneath the gathering, catching at everyone’s ankles as they pass. Iftekhar was underscrubed beneath the garden party, interrupting ankles and conversations with equal persistence. undersealed adj. Loosened by drink into a resilient coating of excuses, protecting the drinker from ordinary objections. Gen was undersealed by the second round, allowing every complaint to slide harmlessly towards somebody else. underseamanned adj. Emboldened by drink to address senior company as though entrusted with the whole vessel. Weslyn was underseamanned, issuing navigational orders to the host from the wrong side of the garden. undersecretariated adj. Drunk on the strength of believing that a minor administrative role grants authority over the entire establishment. Teodulo became undersecretariated and circulated a memorandum about the pub’s seating arrangements. undersecretaried adj. Drunk to the point where every social decision requires a junior official, a file and a considerable delay. Morina was undersecretaried, delaying the decision to leave while friends waited beside the coats. undersecretaryshipped adj. Drunk enough to occupy a subordinate office in the evening, issuing memoranda nobody requested. Jasabelle was undersecretaryshipped at dinner, circulating formal notices about the distribution of pudding. undersectioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and dividing every conversation into smaller parts nobody requested. Caylea grew undersectioned and split the birthday speech into twelve numbered subtopics. undersedationed adj. Drunk past the point of adequate calming, retaining just enough energy to trouble every nearby person. Franccesca was undersedationed, reopening settled arguments whenever the room appeared briefly peaceful. undersegmentationed adj. Drunk beyond sensible division, treating the whole gathering as one audience for every separate thought. Carven was undersegmentationed, addressing the entire restaurant whenever one friend had asked a question. underselectioned adj. Drunk in a way that makes the least suitable person the repeated recipient of every story. Anjenette was underselectioned, choosing the quietest guest for each increasingly personal account. underselfed adj. Drunk, with the result that one quieter self is left to manage the others in public. Olvis was underselfed, asking Taijha to apologise for remarks made by a less cooperative version. undersellered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every purchase a bargain, provided somebody else is paying for it. Joshual was undersellered, offering the band increasingly modest sums to repeat songs they had finished. undersended adj. Drunk to the extent of submitting too little of the evening to the people waiting for you. Jyler was undersended, sending brief assurances while friends remained outside with the keys. undersensed adj. The state of being drunk and discovering a deeper meaning beneath an otherwise ordinary remark. Juanramon, undersensed after dinner, found an additional meaning in the menu. undersensitivitied adj. The condition of a drinker who notices less than the situation appears to require. Saedi was undersensitivitied and failed to notice the cold pavement.