can't be bothered

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can't be bothered

Unwilling or disinclined to make the effort necessary to do or accomplish something. (Used in the present and past tenses almost interchangeably.) I can't be bothered to clean all those dishes after dinner, so I'll just leave them in the sink until the morning. A: "Did you go to Sarah's party last night?" B: "Nah, couldn't be bothered."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leena	LE:-nah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Gilmore	['gilmɔ:']
Chun	-	Chinese
Caroline	ka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Elwood	EL-wuwd	English
OŽBalt	-	Slovene