What does malinger mean?

v. to avoid doing something, like work, by pretending to be sick or injured

malinger

🇺🇸 /məˈlɪŋɡər/ 🇬🇧 /məˈlɪŋɡə(r)/

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verb

to avoid doing something, like work, by pretending to be sick or injured

He decided to malinger because he didn't want to take the test today.

to avoid doing something, like work, by pretending to be sick or injured

3rd Present malingers

Past malingered

Perfect malingered

Progressive malingering