malingerer
a person who pretends to be sick or incapable in order to avoid work or duty
Word origin: From French malingre, sickly.
Malingerer in a sentence
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The sergeant dismissed the soldier as a malingerer who invented ailments whenever drill was scheduled.
The factory's strict medical reviews were designed less to catch a genuine malingerer than to deter any temptation to fake illness.
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Using “malingerer” well
A malingerer deliberately feigns illness or incapacity to escape work or duty, so the word implies conscious deception rather than honest weakness. It differs from someone merely lazy, who makes no pretense of being unable.
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