Malingerer

/mɐlˈɪŋɡəɹɐ/

/mɐlˈɪŋɡɚɹɚ/

[noun]

Malingerer

[NOUN]

an individual who feigns incompetence or illness just so they would not have to do something

synonyms : shammer

skulker

Examples

1. And then there were those who were the malingerers who sat on the side and made fun of that.

2. Or the doctor may well lookat you and say, you're a malingerer.

3. put these people, already psychologically harmed, through the additional stresses and misery of a workers' compensation system that accuses them of being liars, malingerers, and cheats, is outrageous.

4. One man said that wasn’t the case, calling Mark a malingerer, meaning someone pretending to be mentally unwell.