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unprotectednessed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the umbrella, coat and common sense were all still at the pub. unprotectioned adj. Drunk beyond the point where anything, including the night’s messages, remains safely covered. unprotectored adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove protection from the glass by carrying it across the carpet without a coaster. Kamar went unprotectored and carried the water glass through the sitting room unsteadily. unprovabilitied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the previous evening impossible to establish from the available evidence. Sela was unprovabilitied by breakfast, with conflicting receipts and no reliable witness. unprovablenessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every explanation of the missing shoe remains impossible to verify. unprovednessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves yesterday’s bold claims unsupported by anything resembling evidence. unprovennessed adj. Drunk to the extent of having theories about the evening but no proof that any occurred as described. Lavender was unprovennessed, certain the party had happened but unable to place it. unprovidednessed adj. Drunk on the strength of having arrived at morning without water, breakfast or any convincing plan. unprovocativenessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unusually harmless despite having rehearsed several arguments in the taxi home. Voyd was unprovocativenessed after last orders, harmless despite several rehearsed taxi arguments. unprovokednessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking with the peculiar innocence of someone who started every quarrel accidentally. Zeyn emerged unprovokednessed, baffled that anyone had found the karaoke competitive. unprudenced adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding as though tomorrow’s consequences were a rumour. unprudishnessed adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning’s ordinary conversation as an opportunity for unnecessary candour. unpublicationed adj. Too drunk to leave last night’s messages in circulation, and deleting them in reverse order of embarrassment. unpublishabilitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to produce prose which the morning light, let alone an editor, cannot release. Kadee’s midnight manifesto was unpublishabilitied by breakfast and quietly moved to drafts. unpunctualitied adj. Having drunk enough to arrive late to the morning after, despite having been present for its beginning. unpunctualnessed adj. Having drunk more than the timetable could accommodate, and arriving after every useful part of the day.