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  • adjective Caused to show discomposure
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bother.

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  • adjective caused to show discomposure

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Examples

  • But she had too many crucial driving challenges before her now to evaluate why the word bothered her.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • But she had too many crucial driving challenges before her now to evaluate why the word bothered her.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • But she had too many crucial driving challenges before her now to evaluate why the word bothered her.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • But she had too many crucial driving challenges before her now to evaluate why the word bothered her.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • This term bothered me when I first started hearing it, but I'd become sort of inured to its ubiquitous presence after a while and stopped really thinking about it.

    Got MILF? 2008

  • Some of the characters tat were chosen to be developed for this title bothered me to an extent of never gaining the urge to even consider selecting their picture on the roster screen.

    unknown title 2009

  • The only reason that I'm bothered is because it always seems to be Republicans that are acting "immoral."

    Statement: Senator's parents 'made gifts' to mistress's family 2009

  • I remain bothered about having high levels government posts too concentrated by family.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Thomas and Judge Reinhardt 2010

  • I don't think the fact that we can play through the game without really being bothered is a sign that the game isn't really as bad as we thought.

    Savage Kingdom SVGL 2009

  • What we end up doing, those that can be bothered, is sifting through news bulletins, conference coverage, current affairs programmes, blogs, professional political comment (yes, I thought Parris was ace), rather than just buying one newspaper and finding the news in it.

    A Wee Fib Newmania 2007

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