malingering
malingering · malingerings
The intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a…The intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a responsibility, such as work, military service, or legal consequences.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a responsibility, such as work, military service, or legal consequences.
More definitions
- evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
Forms
plural: malingerings| Singular | malingering |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated:skulking
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmalinger
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable