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undertailed adj. Drunk and displaying the less celebrated underside of one's personal appendage. Rosellar became undertailed and sat backwards on the chair with studied natural history. undertaked (/ˌʌndəˈteɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the point where overtaking slower conversation on the kerbside seems both legal and necessary. Braneisha went undertaked past the queue, passing on the side least suited to oncoming objections. undertakemented adj. Drunk enough to regard any ill-advised enterprise as a respectable undertaking. Ervene became undertakemented and proposed restoring the pub's clock before last orders. undertaker'sed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the kitchen into an establishment for managing the evening's remains. Evvy was undertaker'sed, labelling the leftovers and separating the recyclable bottles before noon. undertakered (/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)d/) adj. You are drunk and arranging the morning after as though it were a funeral, with coffee for mourners. Lanisha woke undertakered, conducting the breakfast table in a silence usually reserved for crematoria. undertakinged (/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who approaches the morning after as a formal business requiring careful administration. Serigo was undertakinged by breakfast, managing apologies, receipts and the disposal of several unopened cans. undertasted adj. A drinker who detects, beneath the coffee and regret, a persistent flavour from last night's final round. Brailin was undertasted all morning, insisting the orange juice contained a trace of yesterday's stout. underteachered adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's instruction arrives only from an assistant, usually the kettle. Samanatha was underteachered by nine, learning from the kettle that water must first be boiled. undertellered adj. The state of being drunk and recounting the morning's small transactions to anyone within clerical range. Anival was undertellered, itemising the toast, taxi and regrettable late-night purchase for the cat. undertenancied adj. The condition of a drinker who occupies the morning after by agreement with somebody else, and not for long. Hattie-rae was undertenancied in her sister's spare room, having lost the right to negotiate with her own sofa. undertenanted adj. Reduced by drink to occupying another person's premises, with the morning's obligations treated as a distant landlord. Molinda was undertenanted on the spare bed, paying rent in apologies and declining the offer of toast. undertexted adj. Softened by drink into reading every morning message as a second, kinder communication beneath the actual words. Youssif was undertexted and found deep tenderness beneath a message asking him to collect his coat. underthighed adj. Sharpened by drink into discovering, on rising, that the back of your leg has become the day's chief complaint. Nasiriyah was underthighed after sleeping against the armchair and negotiated the stairs with care. underthinged adj. Loosened by drink into wearing the morning's private garments with the public confidence of a person who has forgotten trousers. Caragan was underthinged at breakfast, wrapped in a dressing gown and unconcerned by the missing shirt. underthinkered adj. Emboldened by drink to make the morning's decisions before considering whether any decision was required. Linzey was underthinkered and poured cereal directly into a mug, finding the arrangement efficient. underticketed adj. Slowed by drink to treating minor morning tasks as elections requiring a separate ballot and extended scrutiny. Ericlee was underticketed, spending twenty minutes deciding between two equally unimportant breakfast options.