unbothered

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English bothered

English unbothered

From un- + bothered.

Adjective

unbothered (comparative more unbothered, superlative most unbothered)

1. Not bothered, serene.

   Synonyms: laid-back, unconcerned; see also Thesaurus:carefree

   Antonyms: bothered, upset

   • 2025 December 19, Ryan Doerfler, Samuel Moyn, “It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2025:

     The conservative justices appear wholly unbothered by the howls that the court is no more than a partisan institution, turning their destructive attention next to what remains of the Voting Rights Act.

Related terms

• botherless

Anagrams

• reboundeth