malingerer

noun

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as in shirker

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as in complainer

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  1. beggar
  2. dodger
  3. hypochondriac
  4. slacker
  5. grouch
  6. worrywart
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  • The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
    Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
  • All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Definition of beggar
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  • While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024
  • Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Definition of dodger
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  • To position Cohn in bed next to Trump, a notorious hypochondriac, highlights their strained relationship as Trump rose and Cohn fell in New York high society.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • They are widely seen as overly anxious hypochondriacs.
    Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
Definition of hypochondriac
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  • The documentary explores the band’s creation from their first EP Slay Tracks through to becoming slacker heroes signed to Matador Records before breaking up and reuniting on more than one occasion.
    Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
  • For Cera, the move reunites him with the filmmaker behind one of his beloved roles, that of romantic slacker Scott Pilgrim from 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of slacker
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  • Origin: Latin Meaning: Free, Frenchman Alternative Spellings and Variations: Francis, Frankie Oscar Sure, the most famous Oscar is either a statue or a grouch, but the name itself is a strong choice that will grow with your child.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Though the kitty is getting long in the tooth, Oscar is no grouch; his name is an acronym for OutSide Cat at Rear.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of grouch
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  • Until the 1960s, Norton points out, about half of American women of legal driving age never obtained driver’s licenses—a fact the pro-automotive forces exploited in their campaign to paint pedestrian safety advocates as busybodies and worrywarts who just didn’t understand the science of traffic.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Former New York Federal Reserve Bank President Bill Dudley’s editorial Wednesday was the catalyst for this worrywart crowd.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 25 July 2024
Definition of worrywart
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