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arsed

British

/ ɑːst /

adjective

slang to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed )

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Example Sentences

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"Cheers to the Brits for making the voting system so complicated only our fans could be arsed," he joked.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

Bae Definition of the sort of neologism you probably should have looked up by now, but somehow could never be arsed.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2017

My glutes barely engage at all; my arse quite literally can’t be arsed.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017

I ask Jake if he ever wakes up and thinks: "I can't really be arsed with all this again tonight?"

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2013

Nice to see her security work is just as half arsed as her science as she researched the radio transmissions.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

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