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."
See also: bother

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Damien-French
Duffy['dʌfi]
Itala-Italian
StewartSTOO-ərt, STYOO-ərtEnglish, Scottish
Renatore-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
WernerVER-ner (German), VER-nər (Dutch), WER-nər (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish