malingering

[ muh-ling-ger-ing ]

/ məˈlɪŋ gər ɪŋ /

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adjective

pretending illness, especially in order to shirk one’s duty, avoid work, etc.: Typically, malingering patients are reluctant to undergo examination and complain about having to participate.

of or being a pretended illness: The manager reprimanded the employee and accused him of having a malingering illness.

noun

the act or practice of pretending illness: Stop your malingering and help your mother with the chores!

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Origin of malingering

malinger + -ing² for the adjective senses; malinger + -ing¹ for the noun sense

Words nearby malingering

malimprinted, Malinda, malines, malinger, malingerer, malingering, Malinke, Malinovsky, Malinowski, Malipiero, Maliseet

How to use malingering in a sentence

Now that I am free, I have Medicaid and doctors no longer assume I am malingering.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To stop what could be gang-related malingering, Ms. Dozier runs after them, breaking a shoe in the process.
Redford Takes on Rahm in the Furious Blur of ‘Chicagoland’|Tim Teeman|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sneer of malingering is easily raised, but it is doubtful whether real malingering has much to do with it.
Women in Modern Industry|B. L. Hutchins
We want to talk less about malingering and more about insanitary conditions, which is the real cause of excessive claims.
Women in Modern Industry|B. L. Hutchins

The first question which the psychiatrist is called upon to decide in many instances is that of malingering.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
As a matter of fact cases of pure malingering are among the rarest things which the psychiatrist observes.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
There was a time in the history of psychiatry when malingering was a frequent subject of discussion in psychiatric literature.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck

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