unbothered

adjective

un·​both·​ered ˌən-ˈbä-ṯẖərd How to pronounce unbothered (audio)
: not feeling or showing agitation, worry, or annoyance : not bothered
… for a young director, he seems increasingly unbothered by the problems of youth.Anthony Lane
… [walruses] lie torpid, eyes closed, silent, unbothered by the flies and feces coating their extravagant flanks.Richard Matthews

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They get buried under inefficiencies while low performers are left unbothered. Mark Murphy, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Brody seemed unbothered by the comment, laughing along when cameras panned to him in the audience. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025 The two-way street means Shepard is rooting for her as well and was similarly unbothered by her onscreen romance with fellow 2000s heartthrob Adam Brody in their rom-com series, Nobody Wants This. Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025 Though the actor seems unbothered, sources close to the director told Fox News Digital that Lively's claims have since cost him three jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unbothered

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unbothered was in 1912

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“Unbothered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbothered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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