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understrapped adj. You have drunk enough to secure your remaining dignity beneath everything else in the arrangement. Clotis left understrapped, with composure fastened somewhere below the visible evening. understrappered adj. You are drunk and behaving as the subordinate who has acquired authority only by proximity. Caydon grew understrappered, issuing instructions on behalf of a landlord who had gone home. understratumed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the dense, patient layer beneath ordinary conversation. Larwence became understratumed and answered every question from several feet below the subject. understreamed adj. Of a drinker who has sunk into the deeper current and is being carried below discussion. Tatyona went understreamed during the speeches, nodding from a current no one else could see. understroked (/ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who adds a lower line to every remark, for emphasis or ballast. Amiya-mae became understroked, annotating each anecdote with a solemn gesture beneath it. understructured adj. A drinker who depends upon the nearest table, wall, or fellow guest for continued architecture. Khadin stood understructured against the piano, which thereby acquired an unexpected civic function. understudied (/ˈʌndəstʌdid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation has acquired a standby, usually less competent. Monee became understudied and sent a substitute opinion whenever the principal one failed. undersubscriptioned adj. The state of being drunk and receiving markedly fewer invitations than the available evening could support. Adrienn became undersubscriptioned after the third toast, despite considerable capacity at the table. undersuited adj. The condition of a drinker who has equipped himself for an expedition beneath the social surface. Markes arrived undersuited, dressed for pressure and entirely unprepared for conversation. undersulfationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired less chemical dignity than the evening normally permits. Emerson grew undersulfationed and treated the missing refinement as a temporary laboratory result. undersupervisored adj. Reduced by drink to a subordinate supervisor, issuing minor orders beneath a vanished authority. Bloomie became undersupervisored and inspected the crisps with departmental seriousness. undersupplied adj. Softened by drink into accepting an inadequate supply of nearly everything, including reasons. Delayza grew undersupplied and considered one remaining olive sufficient for the table. undersupported adj. Sharpened by drink into a structural member that bears more than its surroundings warrant. Caresha stood undersupported beneath the mantelpiece, supporting the conversation by sheer persistence. undersurfaced adj. Loosened by drink into the underside of the evening, where ordinary appearances no longer obtain. Eliberto went undersurfaced and searched beneath the table for the remainder of the occasion. undersweeped adj. Emboldened by drink to perform a lateral evacuation beneath another person's legs. Kawehi went undersweeped beneath the dining table, to modest applause from nobody qualified. underswelled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a hidden current, perceptible chiefly by its consequences. Anariyah grew underswelled and reached the cloakroom several minutes after setting out.