Could Not Be Bothered Meaning?

used for saying that someone will not do something because they feel lazy or because it is too much effort. I said I'd go out with them tonight, but I can't be bothered. She couldn't even be bothered to say hello.

How do you say can't be bothered?

Synonyms
  1. agitate.
  2. discompose.
  3. disquiet.
  4. distract.
  5. disturb.
  6. flurry.
  7. fluster.
  8. perturb.

Where did the phrase I can't be bothered come from?

Can't be arsed dates from at the very least 1968, where it appeared in Hunter Davies' authorised biography of The Beatles, in a Paul McCartney quote: "If they can't be arsed awaiting for me, I can't be arsed going after them.

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