Meaning & use
malingerer
A person who pretends to be ill or exaggerates a condition to avoid work or duty.
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The sergeant suspected the recruit was a malingerer trying to skip drills.
Insurance investigators are trained to spot malingerers filing false injury claims.
A note on using this word
Malingerer implies deliberate deception about illness, unlike someone who is simply lazy or genuinely unwell.
Words with a similar meaning
shirker
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