can't be bothered (to do something)
- can't be bothered (to do something)
can't be bothered (to do sth) idiom
used to say that you do not want to spend time and/or energy doing sth
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I should really do some work this weekend but I can't be bothered.
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All this has happened because you couldn't be bothered to give me the message.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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