What does malingerer mean?
Malingerer means A person who malingers..
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/məˈlɪŋɡəɹə/ · noun
A person who malingers..
It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers.
Use malingerer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Malingerer means A person who malingers..
Common synonyms include goldbrick, one of his majesty's bad bargains, pseudopatient, skulker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers.
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