Malingering is intentional deceptive behavior, not a medical or psychiatric disorder. The diagnosis of malingering rests upon the identification of an external or "secondary" gain being present as the main motivation for the behavior. In other words, what does the person hope to gain?
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Beaufort was not only cantankerous, he was downright malignorant and liable to start a fight over practically anything and nothing.
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Get the Malingering mug.I see this also as a portmaneau word consisting of malign and ignorant e,g, to use misinformation to denigrate someone or to ridicule something or someone based on a total disregard for the truth or facts. It can also imply malicious misuse or manipulation of the truth for personal gain.
Rick Perry's environmental advisers were unequivocably malignorant in their altered use of the scientists' presentation on climate change.
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Member of the fire department who is malingering is also a load. I have to wax my car but to hell with riding a fire truck.
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