US /ʌnˈbɑðərd/ UK /ʌnˈbɒðəd/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not troubled, annoyed, or concerned

    She seemed entirely unbothered by the criticism.

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Synonyms
1 adj · not troubled, annoyed, or... untroubledunconcernedunfazedcalmindifferentunrufflednonchalant
Word family
Related forms botherbotheredbothersome

Etymology

From un- ('not') + bothered, past participle of bother, a word of uncertain origin, first recorded in 18th-century Anglo-Irish writers, possibly from Irish bodhraim ('I deafen, annoy').

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