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"forms": [
{
"form": "can't be bothered",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "couldn't be bothered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "can't<can't,-,couldn't,-> be bothered"
},
"expansion": "can't be bothered (third-person singular simple present can't be bothered, no present participle, simple past couldn't be bothered, no past participle)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English negative polarity items",
"parents": [
"Negative polarity items",
"Terms by semantic function"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English predicates",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't be bothered to clean the house today."
},
{
"text": "No, I simply can't be bothered with that."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An expression indicating a lack of enthusiasm or willingness (in something or to do something)."
],
"id": "en-can't_be_bothered-en-verb-2cZxT0Hi",
"links": [
[
"enthusiasm",
"enthusiasm#English"
],
[
"willingness",
"willingness#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "can't be arsed"
},
{
"word": "can't be assed"
},
{
"word": "can't be asked"
},
{
"word": "can't be fucked"
},
{
"word": "CBA"
},
{
"word": "ceebs"
}
],
"tags": [
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "gide ikke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "ei vaivautua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "di",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "non aver voglia"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "cyaan badda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "estar sem vontade"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "dar pereza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "palla inte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "orka inte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "idas inte"
}
]
}
],
"word": "can't be bothered"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "can't be bothered",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "couldn't be bothered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "can't<can't,-,couldn't,-> be bothered"
},
"expansion": "can't be bothered (third-person singular simple present can't be bothered, no present participle, simple past couldn't be bothered, no past participle)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English negative polarity items",
"English predicates",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't be bothered to clean the house today."
},
{
"text": "No, I simply can't be bothered with that."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An expression indicating a lack of enthusiasm or willingness (in something or to do something)."
],
"links": [
[
"enthusiasm",
"enthusiasm#English"
],
[
"willingness",
"willingness#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "can't be arsed"
},
{
"word": "can't be assed"
},
{
"word": "can't be asked"
},
{
"word": "can't be fucked"
},
{
"word": "CBA"
},
{
"word": "ceebs"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "gide ikke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "ei vaivautua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "di",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "non aver voglia"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "cyaan badda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "estar sem vontade"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "dar pereza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "palla inte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "orka inte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacks the enthusiasm",
"word": "idas inte"
}
],
"word": "can't be bothered"
}
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