Bother \Both"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bothered} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bothering}.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See {Pother}.
Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.
Bother \Both"er\, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Without bothering about it. --H. James.
Bother \Both"er\, n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
Ironically, consumers may be courting food poisoning in their haste to get the looks and tastes of mother's kitchen without any of the bother.
But it doesn't bother me because I know I'm doing what's right," Bush told his interviewers.
That's not likely to bother the typical F-series buyer, however. Ford said 95 percent are men, with median age of about 45.
He said they didn't bother to file the child support charges.
Instead, invoices must be made out to the company in the business traveller's home country. Understandably, given the complications, many companies do not bother to reclaim.
We don't have to do nothin' but bring the rig man a dirty needle for a clean one and the cops don't bother us.
He told them not to bother.
It does not bother me at all.
Indeed, the NCAA doesn't even bother to discriminate between corrupt and innocent practices involving students.
Many simply do not bother and use the pendants granny left them, while others fill their ceilings and walls with the latest fiddly systems from pretentious designers with hairdresser names. There is a way out of the darkness, but finding it is difficult.
When six engine-builders cross the snow to sit at the big table and educate a guest in the factory's affairs, they don't bother inviting their managers.
The recognition doesn't bother him: "I usually get `G'dy, Yahoo,' `G'dy, Yahoo,' that sort of stuff.
Many parents, concerned about disposables but not wanting to bother with cloth diapers, are using disposables made of plastic containing cornstarch or oils, which some researchers believe speeds disintegration of the outside cover.
Mr. Obey says he was quoted out of context, but why that should bother him is a mystery.
The initial notification "is a bother, and sometimes an expensive bother," one lawyer said.
The initial notification "is a bother, and sometimes an expensive bother," one lawyer said.
"Willie's age doesn't bother him, so it doesn't bother me," offers Dennis Jackson, who trains a 36-horse stable here and is Clark's chief employer.
"Willie's age doesn't bother him, so it doesn't bother me," offers Dennis Jackson, who trains a 36-horse stable here and is Clark's chief employer.
Nelson Sheinker, a retiree from Montreal, said the cool temperatures at the beach didn't bother him. "We're used to it. It's not that bad," he said.
"Everybody's disappointed by the (budget pact failure) but in the end I think people have decided not to let it bother them for awhile," said Dudley Eppel, a strategist with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.
Many applicants from Japan don't even bother doing that.
But two things have since come to bother me.
Mr. Digate says that Beyond will refine the product "so the message will be smart enough to know to come back and bother you again next week."
The noise doesn't bother him, and the pump is painless.
But most of my policemen friends no longer bother, since such fact finding is unlikely to lead to arrest or conviction, but instead more likely to their own punishment, reprimand or a law suit.
A band of Minnesota Chippewa Indians says the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union and the state Board of Education shouldn't bother trying to eliminate Indian nicknames from schools.
"I told him how old she was," Mrs. Coffman said, adding she showed Lukens pictures of the girl. "It didn't bother him a bit because apparently he's been doing that all along."
Mr Paul Ellis, Tory agent in Cumbria, said: 'If we can get out just half of our people on the day, we will win.' Labour officials are also concerned that their supporters may not bother to vote because they are so confident of victory.
If it did not, why would all the pension funds bother to hold gilts and Treasury bills? Now, you may say, I am missing the point.
He said Eastern didn't bother with a formal agency review "because obviously they're in a big hurry.