can't be bothered

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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

can’t be bothered (to do something)

(British English, informal) not willing to make the effort (to do something): I got home so late last night that I couldn’t be bothered to cook dinner. He didn’t have an excuse for not coming to the party — he just couldn’t be bothered.
See also: bother
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • (one) can't be arsed
  • can't be arsed
  • CBA
  • reluctant
  • reluctant to (do something)
  • reluctant to do
  • I'm not bothered
  • not bothered
  • disinclined
  • disinclined to (do something)
References in periodicals archive
Can't be bothered with it" Entertainer Victoria Wood on The X Factor "I will take questions from the guys, but from the girls I want telephone numbers" Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi at a youth rally in Rome "I don't want to look as if God's made another rainbow - I prefer muted autumnal colours, like most fading redheads" TV presenter Anne Robinson "An embuggerance" Sir Terry Pratchett's description of his oncoming Alzheimer's - a phrase included in the latest Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
They said what?
I often wonder whether, perhaps, it is the last, because people just can't be bothered to get round to it!
THOUGHT for the DAY
I can't be bothered to enclose the details of his letters as there are so many of them, published on a daily basis in GDN.
A clean record
If dog owners can't be bothered to clear up the mess their dog leaves, they should not be allowed to keep one.
Your Say - Ditch the dirt
The idea of rewarding children from "different-income" families is a good idea but let's reward the kids from these families who attend 95 % or more of the time, let's reward the kids who achieve what's expected of them or achieve more then what's expected, let's reward the parents who bother to send their children to school no matter what and don't just wake up and think I can't be bothered sending them today!
Letter: You say - Reward the triers
Some of them can't be bothered fetching much-needed ramps from the cab boot or unscrewing the side ramps with a screwdriver.
Letter: Yourview - Driven to fury by lax cab care; Comment of the day
He earns good money but can't be bothered to let his wife buy some decent clothes.
Dear Fiona