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malinger

verbCommon GRE wordMore M words

to fake illness in order to avoid work or duty

In a sentence

Malinger in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing malinger in a sentence.

Suspecting he was malingering, the manager asked for a doctor's note.

Antonyms
toillabor
Common questions

Questions about “malinger

Malinger (verb) means to fake illness in order to avoid work or duty
Here is malinger used in an example sentence: "Suspecting he was malingering, the manager asked for a doctor's note."
Common synonyms for malinger include shirk, feign, slack.
Antonyms of malinger include toil, labor.
Malinger is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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