bothered with

Frequency: 6.752.4 per million words

Unwilling to spend time or effort on something.

botheredbothered + PREPOSITION

Categories:

with

Examples (10)

  • They didn't want to be bothered with her personal problems.
  • I can't be bothered with cooking tonight; let's just order a pizza.
  • The manager is too busy to be bothered with such minor details.
  • He wasn't bothered with the complex paperwork and hired an accountant.
  • Why should I be bothered with formalities when we're all friends here?
  • After retirement, she won't be bothered with early morning alarms anymore.
  • Don't get bothered with things you can't control.
  • She seemed too sophisticated to be bothered with cheap gossip.
  • Honestly, at my age, I can no longer be bothered with pleasing everyone.
  • Many older users aren't bothered with learning all the new features on their smartphones.