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understandinged (/ʌndəˈstandɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has comprehended that the evening is over but not how the journey home works. Rogina was understandinged about last orders, then boarded the wrong night bus. understandingnessed adj. Describing a drinker who graciously accepts that the coats, taxis and remaining rounds are beyond comprehension. Coel was understandingnessed when the taxi arrived without anyone knowing whose it was. understatednessed adj. A drinker who makes the journey home sound considerably shorter and simpler than it is. Nyomi was understatednessed about the walk, which involved two rivers and no shoes. understatemented (/ˌʌndəˈsteɪtməntd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a lost coat and missed train are described as minor administrative matters. Ovelia was understatemented, calling the vanished handbag an unremarkable logistical detail. understatered adj. The state of being drunk and reporting the night's missing coats as a modest inconvenience. Sheere was understatered, describing the taxi journey as slightly less direct than planned. understeered adj. The condition of a drinker who aims for the taxi rank but follows a straighter line into the shrubbery. Labaron went understeered at the corner and reached the hedge before the taxi. understepped adj. The drunkenness of one who walks home with the hind foot consistently arriving behind the front. Ninamarie was understepped on the pavement, advancing in a distinctly delayed manner. understewarded adj. Drunk enough to appoint yourself deputy to whoever appears least prepared to manage the room. Isai became understewarded and began directing guests towards exits that were not exits. understewardshipped adj. Reduced by drink to supervising the coats while everyone else undertakes the journey home. Lubov was understewardshipped, appointed guardian of six coats and one abandoned scarf. understimulationed adj. Softened by drink into requiring further rounds, further conversation and possibly a later train. Marga was understimulationed after closing time and proposed another pub without moving. understitched adj. Drunk by closing time, and discreetly taking the inner route through every conversation. Amaiyah spent supper understitched, offering private amendments no one else could hear. understocked adj. Still drunk, and requiring a sounder base before any further personal development is attempted. Cadeja remained understocked after breakfast, with no reliable foundation for her opinions. understockinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish the original layer of clothing from the precautionary one beneath it. Abernathy arrived understockinged, having dressed for weather that existed chiefly in his recollection. understoodnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every nod as proof of perfect comprehension. Kexin became understoodnessed and accepted silence as a scholarly endorsement. understoreyed adj. Having drunk enough to conduct the evening from a lower, less reputable level of habitation. Chloe-paige grew understoreyed and relocated the discussion to the building's least residential floor. understoried (/ˈʌndəstɔːɹid/) adj. Having drunk more than the occasion supports, and now inhabiting a figuratively lower floor. Dilmon became understoried after the toast and addressed the cellar as a civic institution.