malingerer

• Substantiv für eine Person, die Krankheit oder Arbeitsunfähigkeit vortäuscht, um Arbeit oder Pflichten zu entgehen.

A noun referring to a person who pretends to be ill or incapacitated in order to avoid work or duty.

1. Shirker by feigning illnessC1formal

   A person who pretends to be sick or incapacitated in order to avoid work or duty.

   Simulant

   • The sergeant suspected the soldier was a malingerer and ordered a medical examination.
   • The company had to dismiss the employee who was a known malingerer.
   • He was labeled a malingerer after repeatedly calling in sick on Mondays.

   Synonymefakergoldbrickpretendershirkersimulatorslacker

   Antonymeworker