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unaied adj. A drinker so far gone that the route to the bar requires the patient economy of a two-toed sloth. Zamarah was unaied, advancing towards the bar with deliberate arboreal restraint. unairednessed adj. Drunk to the extent of waking beneath a blanket of stale room air and calling it weather. Yoona was unairednessed by morning, opening every window except the one beside her. unairworthinessed adj. Drunk on the strength of which no sensible person would permit you near a boarding gate. Sandrah was unairworthinessed after breakfast and treated the luggage trolley as a flight simulator. unakited adj. Drunk since last orders, and mottled pink and green in the unforgiving light of morning. Leuna looked unakited at breakfast, pink about the eyes and green beneath the chin. unalamationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining outward calm while the internal chemistry continues unabated. Keeisha woke unalamationed, apparently composed though her pulse disputed the matter. unalertnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and responding to the morning alarm with the solemnity of furniture. Bariah was unalertnessed when the alarm rang, lifting one eyelid before returning to sleep. unalienablenessed adj. Still drunk, and treating last night’s convictions as rights that cannot be surrendered before breakfast. Johnatho was unalienablenessed, defending his choice of karaoke song as a constitutional matter. unalignmented adj. Too drunk to point yourself, your explanation, or your shoes in the same direction. Trystyn was unalignmented by breakfast, facing the toast while addressing the fridge. unalikenessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist that two identical objects differ in every meaningful respect. Taquanna was unalikenessed at brunch, distinguishing two identical mugs by their personalities. unalisted adj. Having drunk enough to hold one benefice, one opinion, and no useful record of either. Alescia was unalisted by morning, unable to find the church she had apparently agreed to supervise. unalived (/ʌn.əlaɪvd/) adj. Having drunk more than the body can reasonably acknowledge, and lying very still beneath the duvet. Addileigh looked unalived until the smell of toast produced a cautious movement. unalivenessed adj. You have drunk enough to seem absent from the morning while continuing, technically, to breathe. Ivy-willow was unalivenessed until midday, present in the room but unavailable to events. unalivered adj. You are drunk and moving through the morning with the quiet efficiency of someone not expected to return. Kerys was unalivered by brunch, leaving the room only to acquire water and vanish again. unallotmented adj. Of a drinker: having divided the evening’s remaining energy into several unsuitable public-sector cuts. Haliyah was unallotmented by breakfast, making unilateral reductions to speech, walking, and eye contact. unallowablenessed adj. Of a drinker who has made a morning decision so plainly forbidden that even the hangover objects. Quanterrius was unallowablenessed, having put orange juice in the coffee and called it recovery. unalomed adj. Describing a drinker who follows a wavering route from the bed towards enlightenment, or at least water. Changa was unalomed by dawn, tracing a patient spiral between the sofa and the tap.