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malinger
[ muh-ling-ger ]
verb (used without object)
- to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
malinger
/ məˈlɪŋɡə /
verb
- intr to pretend or exaggerate illness, esp to avoid work
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Derived Forms
- maˈlingerer, noun
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Other Words From
- ma·lin·ger·er noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malinger1
C19: from French malingre sickly, perhaps from mal badly + Old French haingre feeble
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Example Sentences
It was quick work; but Bowles had a college education—he had been only six hours a cowboy when he learned to malinger on the job.
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One, of course, can readily see with what facility an individual of the type under discussion could malinger mental symptoms.
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No man ever essayed to malinger or to shirk a duty to which he had been allotted by the doctor.
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"Sheep," who has been disposed to malinger, is the worst of the lot.
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