Malingering (Noun)
Meaning
Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The supervisor suspected one of his employees of malingering, so he ordered an investigation into the matter.
- Her doctors could find no medical evidence to support her claim, and instead diagnosed her as malingering to avoid going back to work.
- To discourage malingering, the new company policy stated that any employee absent without a legitimate doctor's note would be docked pay.
- He had been caught malingering several times before and now his credibility was shot with his employer.
- During wartime, charges of malingering were a serious offense that could result in imprisonment or worse.