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View synonyms for malingerer
malingerer
[ muh-ling-ger-er ]
noun
- a person who pretends to be sick, especially in order to avoid work or shirk responsibilities:
Don’t reinforce the misguided perception that injured workers are just malingerers looking for a "paid vacation."
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malingerer1
First recorded in 1755–65; from French malingre “sickly,” of uncertain origin (perhaps from mal “badly” + obsolete haingre, heingre “lean, skinny”) + -er 1( def )
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Example Sentences
It did not take me many days to realise that I was up against the most practised malingerer in the British (or any other) army.
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When the last malingerer arrived with yawns still unfinished, Prissy seized upon a temporary hush and began to laugh.
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The fellow's a palpable malingerer, and his being here makes it ever so much worse.
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So in the same way hospital doctors will soon find out the malingerer.
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One night there was a heavy snowfall, and in the morning Pike, the malingerer, did not appear.
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