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malingers

/məˈlɪŋɡərz/

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 human attitude work job condition negative tendency moral society

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 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 malinger

malinger verb

/məˈlɪŋɡə/ /məˈlɪŋɡɚ/

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

"It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves."

Illustration pretending

pretending verb

/prɪˈtɛndɪŋ/ /priˈtɛndɪŋ/

To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

"The child was pretending to be asleep so he wouldn't have to eat his vegetables. "

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. "