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malingerer

[ UK /mɐlˈɪŋɡəɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

How To Use malingerer In A Sentence

  • It made R. feel even more awful that he knew people suspected him of being a malingerer - the very last person you'd have had the right to accuse of being work-shy. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
  • I feel like a malingerer without a cause to point to.
  • Psychosocial problems may be, or become, predominant, especially if patients are treated as malingerers or hypochondriacs.
  • In 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jagr had won two Stanley Cups by the time he had turned 21 and he admittedly became spoiled with the trappings of super-stardom—earning him a reputation as a malingerer. Why Didn't New York Keep Jagr?
  • Bill Shankly had little patience or sympathy for injured footballers and once called Chris Lawler a "malingerer" when a thigh strain in 1971 restricted the full-back to light training after he had made more than 300 appearances in succession for Liverpool. England's crocks could have helped the 'golden generation' to shine | Rob Bagchi
  • Of the nine, a number were malingerers who the manager was having difficulty motivating.
  • Apparently, we are not only procrastinators and malingerers but a bunch of lily-livered cowards because going to the dentist tops the list, followed by exercising and saving money.
  • Other states, like New York, have created an entirely state-funded duplicate of welfare for the malingerers.
  • The word “malingerer” popped into his head, but he tried to put it out of his mind. My First Abortion
  • It is interesting that the latter diagnosis was given by a doctor who told you it was a condition dreamed up by malingerers.
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