malingering Sentence Examples

  1. The doctor suspected the patient was malingering, as the symptoms seemed exaggerated and inconsistent.
  2. The soldier's feigned injury was a clear case of malingering, intended to avoid combat duty.
  3. The student was accused of malingering on the exam, faking a headache to get out of taking it.
  4. The employee's frequent absences raised suspicions of malingering, as no medical condition could be confirmed.
  5. The athlete's reported muscle strain was dismissed as malingering, as he had been seen lifting heavy weights in the gym.
  6. The prisoner's alleged mental illness was suspected to be malingering, aimed at securing a lighter sentence.
  7. The insurance company investigated the claim for disability, suspecting malingering due to lack of objective evidence.
  8. The malingering soldier was eventually caught and punished for his deception.
  9. The malingering student was given a failing grade for the exam he tried to avoid.
  10. Malingering behaviors can undermine trust and damage relationships in both personal and professional settings.

malingering Meaning

Wordnet

malingering (n)

evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated

Webster

malingering (p. pr. & vb. n.)

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FAQs About the word malingering

evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitatedof Malinger

idling, bumming, loafing, messing, resting, lingering, fooling, playing, goldbricking, droning

grubbing, hustling, slaving, sweating, grinding, working, plodding, hustling, plodding, pegging

The doctor suspected the patient was malingering, as the symptoms seemed exaggerated and inconsistent.

The soldier's feigned injury was a clear case of malingering, intended to avoid combat duty.

The student was accused of malingering on the exam, faking a headache to get out of taking it.

The employee's frequent absences raised suspicions of malingering, as no medical condition could be confirmed.