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ultracentrifuged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every suspended opinion settles visibly. Hoang sat ultracentrifuged while the room’s arguments separated around him. ultracompetitivenessed adj. A drinker who turns the allocation of coats and taxis into a tournament requiring a referee. Reyshawn was ultracompetitivenessed, awarding points for reaching the taxi rank first. ultracomplexitied adj. Drunk to the point where ordering a drink requires a diagram and supporting notation. Luke-james became ultracomplexitied while explaining why his pint required three conditions. ultracondensationed adj. Drunk enough to compress an evening’s events into one dense, regrettable utterance. Dafyd became ultracondensationed and summarised the entire party as ‘complicated’. ultracondensered adj. Drunk past the point of focusing on anything except the brightest object in the room. Eliza became ultracondensered and concentrated exclusively on the optics of the mirror ball. ultraconformismed adj. Drunk beyond independent judgement, agreeing with whichever opinion arrives most recently. Yaniece became ultraconformismed and endorsed both sides of the dispute within minutes. ultraconformisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes the queue, the round and the timetable appear morally binding. Kamaiya became ultraconformisted and joined the wrong queue with perfect discipline. ultraconservationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every word and movement is preserved for later examination. Rishika became ultraconservationed and refused to waste even an unnecessary gesture. ultraconservatismed adj. Drunk to a degree that treats any proposed change of seat as constitutional reform. Keaysia became ultraconservatismed and defended her corner table against innovation. ultraconservatived adj. Drunk to the extent of preserving an obsolete opinion with considerable personal dignity. Armond became ultraconservatived and defended a discontinued lager as a principle. ultracontiged adj. Drunk on the strength of arranging every remembered fragment into one continuous, oriented sequence. Kaissy became ultracontiged and connected the pub, the taxi and the garden by conjecture. ultracontractivitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and becoming steadily smaller, denser and less available to discussion. Kinlynn grew ultracontractivitied after closing and withdrew into a compact silence. ultraconvenienced adj. Drunk by the third round, and expecting every obstacle to resolve itself with a button. Jibrael became ultraconvenienced and searched the wall for an automatic taxi. ultracrepidarianed (/ˌʌltɹəˌkɹɛpɪˈdɛəɹiənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and passing judgement beyond expertise with impressive administrative confidence. Hudayfa became ultracrepidarianed and reviewed the chef’s technique without identifying the dish. ultracrepidarianismed adj. Still drunk, and treating ignorance as no impediment to a comprehensive opinion. Kison remained ultracrepidarianismed, explaining marine biology to someone holding the atlas. ultracryomicrotomed adj. Too drunk to make a broad decision, but still attempting extremely thin distinctions. Magdelyn became ultracryomicrotomed and divided the remaining crisps with forensic care.