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MALINGERING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated

Example:

they developed a test to detect malingering

Synonyms:

malingering; skulking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("malingering" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

Derivation:

malinger (avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb malinger

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