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Definition of malinger in English: malingerverb məˈlɪŋɡəməˈlɪŋɡər [no object]Pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work. （为逃避责任或工作）装病，诈病；夸大病情 people who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering Example sentencesExamples - Evidence for this may prove difficult to find, and it remains impossible to exclude malingering as a potential cause.
- We've seen senior members of parliament here tell people with depression they're malingering, ‘get over it, get back to work’.
- I can think of several options other than lying and malingering to explain the onset of hysterical symptoms and recovered memories.
- Is Miss Mason suffering from Chronic Pain Disorder or is she malingering…?
- Someone who malingers will fake an illness for some type of external gain, such as money.
- And if it is, what about the terrific temptation we create for malingering?
- Another woman, with early symptoms of Bubonic plague, was told she was malingering.
- A distinction should be made between factitious disorders and malingering.
- Initially, we were dejected and nearly ‘bought’ his hard luck story; but a little questioning gave away his sheer malingering.
- There's a fine line between what's classed as malingering and what is accepted as genuine illness.
- Because it is often impossible to determine who is malingering and who is not, it is impossible to know how frequently malingering occurs.
- Why are they malingering and eating up valuable Medicare tax dollars when they could so easily put us all out of their misery?
- Earlier this year a poll found that 40% of small businesses thought employees were malingering when they took sick leave.
- Inasmuch as results are not intuitive, inconsistency from an individual's attempts to malinger can be detected easily.
- Role-playing is not the same as faking or malingering.
- And we all have some creative, malingering patients worthy of an Academy Award.
- But in the case of mental illness, people are inclined to shut their minds to it, or, even worse, accuse the sufferer of malingering.
- Companies indicated that, in their opinion, a whopping 75% of time taken was due to feigned illness or malingering.
- Many people associate mental illness with self indulgence, weakness, and malingering.
- There are cases where the hallucinations may be malingered or may be irrelevant to the criminal activity.
Synonyms pretend to be ill, feign/fake illness, pretend to be an invalid, sham, shirk, skulk informal put it on British informal skive, swing the lead North American informal goldbrick
OriginEarly 19th century: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- 'wrongly' + haingre 'weak', probably of Germanic origin. Definition of malinger in US English: malingerverbməˈliNGɡərməˈlɪŋɡər [no object]Exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. （为逃避责任或工作）装病，诈病；夸大病情 people who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering Example sentencesExamples - Companies indicated that, in their opinion, a whopping 75% of time taken was due to feigned illness or malingering.
- And we all have some creative, malingering patients worthy of an Academy Award.
- There's a fine line between what's classed as malingering and what is accepted as genuine illness.
- Initially, we were dejected and nearly ‘bought’ his hard luck story; but a little questioning gave away his sheer malingering.
- I can think of several options other than lying and malingering to explain the onset of hysterical symptoms and recovered memories.
- A distinction should be made between factitious disorders and malingering.
- Is Miss Mason suffering from Chronic Pain Disorder or is she malingering…?
- But in the case of mental illness, people are inclined to shut their minds to it, or, even worse, accuse the sufferer of malingering.
- There are cases where the hallucinations may be malingered or may be irrelevant to the criminal activity.
- And if it is, what about the terrific temptation we create for malingering?
- Someone who malingers will fake an illness for some type of external gain, such as money.
- Inasmuch as results are not intuitive, inconsistency from an individual's attempts to malinger can be detected easily.
- Earlier this year a poll found that 40% of small businesses thought employees were malingering when they took sick leave.
- Evidence for this may prove difficult to find, and it remains impossible to exclude malingering as a potential cause.
- Why are they malingering and eating up valuable Medicare tax dollars when they could so easily put us all out of their misery?
- Because it is often impossible to determine who is malingering and who is not, it is impossible to know how frequently malingering occurs.
- Another woman, with early symptoms of Bubonic plague, was told she was malingering.
- Many people associate mental illness with self indulgence, weakness, and malingering.
- We've seen senior members of parliament here tell people with depression they're malingering, ‘get over it, get back to work’.
- Role-playing is not the same as faking or malingering.
Synonyms pretend to be ill, fake illness, feign illness, pretend to be an invalid, sham, shirk, skulk
OriginEarly 19th century: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly’ + haingre ‘weak’, probably of Germanic origin. |