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malinger

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8 lettersPronunciation /məˈlɪŋɡə/Part of speech verbSorted aegilmnrStarts with MEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

Word origin

From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).

Used in a sentence

  • It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.
  • And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! / Smoothed by long fingers, / Asleep … tired … or it malingers, / Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.
  • It has been the impression of past investigators that persons who malinger psychosis have latent tendencies for the condition.

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