malingerer in a sentence
n.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
MALINGERER (noun): a person who pretends to be ill or incapacitated in order to avoid work or duty.
Sample Sentences
- The manager suspected that Tom was a malingerer after he frequently called in sick on Mondays.
- In the military, a malingerer can face serious consequences for pretending to be unfit for duty.
- Her reputation as a malingerer made her coworkers reluctant to cover for her when she needed time off.
- During the investigation, they discovered that the employee had been a malingerer for years, exploiting the system.
- The teacher was frustrated by the malingerer in her class who always claimed to be too ill to complete assignments.