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unhonored adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every promise made before it as no longer binding. Ce became unhonored and withdrew an undertaking to remain upright near the stairs. unhonoured adj. Drunk by closing time, and allowing balance to lose the respect it once commanded. Monette was unhonoured by the banister, which no longer supported her with proper ceremony. unhookednessed adj. Still drunk, and no longer attached to the intended sequence of steps, sentences or coat fastenings. Tulsi was unhookednessed, losing the thread of conversation and one glove on the stairs. unhookered adj. Too drunk to release anything cleanly, despite repeated attempts with both hands. Jude was unhookered, unable to free his sleeve from the banister without assistance. unhookinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove yourself from a hook, a plan and the upright position together. Louis-alexandre became unhookinged while retrieving his coat and sat down between two stairs. unhoped adj. Having drunk enough to regard the staircase as a permanent feature of the evening. Tayde was unhoped at the foot of the stairs and made no further attempt to improve matters. unhopefuled adj. Having drunk more than your balance can forgive, and unlikely to achieve the landing. Pebble went unhopefuled on the first flight and adopted the banister as a long-term arrangement. unhopefulnessed adj. You have drunk enough to make every attempted correction produce a fresh and less promising direction. Mauricia became unhopefulnessed, correcting leftwards until the hallway disappeared behind her. unhorsinged adj. You are drunk and repeatedly dismounting from chairs, stools and other insufficiently equestrian objects. Zuriana went unhorsinged when the bar stool shifted beneath her and accepted the floor. unhospitablenessed adj. Of a drinker: making the sitting room so unwelcoming that even the furniture seems to suggest departure. Resham became unhospitablenessed and directed guests towards the stairs without offering them a route home. unhospitalitied adj. Of a drinker who has welcomed guests by assigning them the least stable chair in the house. Brealyn got unhospitalitied and offered Kitai the stool with the defective leg. unhostilitied adj. Describing a drinker who offers peace to the staircase after colliding with it. Ciarna became unhostilitied and apologised to every banister on the way down. unhousednessed adj. A drinker who has lost the bodily address, and is sleeping wherever the stairs permit. Tirsa was unhousednessed, having established a temporary residence on the second landing. unhumanitied adj. The state of being drunk and operating the body as though its controls had been issued separately. Ledri became unhumanitied, with speech, balance and hands pursuing unrelated objectives. unhumanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs are navigated by instinct, momentum and occasional sound. Alejah went unhumanned and descended the staircase with the purposeful gait of an unattended machine. unhumannessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has surrendered ordinary coordination to a slower, stranger system. Jeydan was unhumannessed, turning corners with the patient precision of unfamiliar machinery.