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malinger

/məˈlɪŋɡə/ /məˈlɪŋɡɚ/

Meanings
verb
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

Examples :

"It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves."
action work mind attitude character human person negative

Related Words

Illustration obligation

obligation noun

/ɑb.ləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.

"My obligation to my family means I need to visit them regularly. "

Illustration students

students noun

/ˈstjuːdn̩ts/ /ˈstudn̩ts/

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

"He is a student of life."

Illustration illness

illness noun

/ˈɪl.nəs/

An instance of a disease or poor health.

"Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness."

Illustration several

several noun

/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/

An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).

"The family owns several, a small plot of land behind their house. "

Illustration inflict

inflict verb

/ɪnˈflɪkt/

To thrust upon; to impose.

"They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession."

Illustration themselves

themselves pronoun

/ðəmˈsɛlvz/

The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

"They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves."

Illustration scratching

scratching verb

/ˈskɹætʃɪŋ/

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

"Could you please scratch my back?"

Illustration perilous

perilous adjective

/pɛɹ.l̩.əs/

Dangerous, full of peril.

"Walking home alone at night through the dark park felt perilous. "

Illustration prepare

prepare noun

/pɹɪˈpɛə/ /pɹəˈpɛəɹ/

Preparation

"The preparation for the upcoming science test was thorough. "

Illustration difficult

difficult verb

/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

"The complicated instructions on the new software difficult me from completing the project on time. "

Illustration uncommon

uncommon adjective

/ʌnˈkɒmən/

Rare; not readily found; unusual.

"Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state"

Illustration infection

infection noun

/ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

The act or process of infecting.

"The infection spread quickly through the classroom after one student got sick. "