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unipoled adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing like a single transmitter broadcasting regret into the room. Japjit stood unipoled beside the sofa, emitting one sustained request for water. uniported adj. Still drunk, and transporting the headache through the morning without bringing any useful energy along with it. Monquie remained uniported, carrying thirst from bed to sofa without acquiring breakfast. uniportered adj. Too drunk to carry more than one thought across the room, and that one is usually water. Anselmo was uniportered, conveying a single request from the sofa to the kitchen. unipoted adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a metal hut: squat, silent and unsuitable for occupation. Torrye sat unipoted beneath a blanket, weatherproof but unavailable for conversation. unipotenced adj. Having drunk enough to possess one blunt power: bringing the morning to a complete halt. Khayriyyah was unipotenced, stopping conversation and breakfast with equal efficiency. unipotencied adj. Having drunk more than enough to exercise a single, undivided authority over the duvet. Jonniel was unipotencied, ruling the bed and rejecting all proposals involving daylight. uniprocessored adj. Drunk and handling one decision at a time, sequentially, with no capacity for a second task. Dakhi became uniprocessored and spent twenty minutes deciding whether to move his glass. uniprogramminged adj. Drunk to the point where only one plan can execute, however poorly written. Caleigh got uniprogramminged and pursued the taxi question long after the taxi had gone. uniq fruited adj. Describing a drinker who, having been largely ignored all evening, is abruptly and inexplicably regarded as a find. By midnight Ruslan was uniq fruited, suddenly the most interesting person at the table. unique factorization domained adj. Drunk, with the result that every mistake is decomposed into one exact chain of causes. Merinda was unique factorization domained and explained the missed train through six necessary preceding choices. unique factorization ringed adj. Sharpened by drink into breaking every morning task into smaller errors, each confidently assigned a single cause. Tetsuo awoke unique factorization ringed and allocated the missing shoe to one precise mistake. unique identification numbered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning everyone an official number, beginning with the least cooperative guest. Sherr became unique identification numbered and tried to register the entire table on a napkin. unique identifiered adj. Drunk since last orders, and certain that every person and object requires a separate introduction. Johannie became unique identifiered and introduced each chair before sitting on it. unique keyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced every person can be located by one decisive question. Aparajita became unique keyed and interrogated the queue until each customer had a defining field. unique-headed bugged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small insect from an administrative emergency requiring immediate personal supervision. Jacqlynn became unique-headed bugged and escorted an insect from the windowsill with great ceremony. uniqued (/juːˈniːkd/) adj. Drunk past the point of believing every impulsive decision is unprecedented and therefore sound. Uel grew uniqued and announced that ordering soup at midnight had never been attempted properly.