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unprogressived adj. Drunk, with the result that every new suggestion is received as an unwelcome historical development. unprogressivenessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes novelty appear both suspicious and administratively inconvenient. Barrett was unprogressivenessed and proposed returning the playlist to its opening track. unprolificnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of producing no offspring, works or useful observations whatsoever. unpromised adj. Drunk on the strength of prospects so poor that even optimism has withdrawn its services. unpromisingnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and offering no indication that the immediate future will improve matters. Shonetta was unpromisingnessed, approaching the taxi rank with neither fare nor convincing explanation. unpromptnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring an interval before responding to even the most direct enquiry. Chailee was unpromptnessed, eventually answering her name after considering several alternatives. unpronounceabled adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to indicating people, places and beverages by gesture. unproofed adj. Still drunk, and maintaining a proposition for which neither evidence nor a reliable witness can be found. unpropernessed adj. Too drunk to observe the customary boundaries between formal conduct and familiar interruption. unpropitiousnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every warning sign as an invitation to proceed. Koston became unpropitiousnessed and selected the visibly unstable chair for his address. unproportionablenessed adj. Having drunk enough to assign an entirely unsuitable scale to every object and undertaking. unproportionalitied adj. Slowed by drink to regard every object as having the wrong scale, especially the glass on the bedside table. Helma spent the morning measuring the kettle against a mug, unproportionalitied beyond useful conversation. unproprietied adj. Too drunk to recognise that the sofa, the mug, and the blanket belong to different people. unprosperitied adj. Drunk and waking to discover that last night’s confidence has produced no increase in household fortune. unprosperousnessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning accounts contain only losses, crumbs and one unexplained taxi fare. unprotected sexed adj. Drunk enough to have treated every sensible safeguard as an optional extra, regretted clearly by breakfast.