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bother

[both-er] / ˈbɒð ər /






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Don’t bother trying to adjust your TV or headphones, or calling your doctor for a tinnitis check.

From Los Angeles Times

Feeney’s book features multiple narrators, but relativity is not an idea the series bothers to develop.

From Los Angeles Times

Firstly, Angela Constance could have saved herself a lot of bother by owning her mistake, clarifying her words to parliament at the outset and saying sorry.

From BBC

He doesn’t bother getting to the airport early and sometimes cuts it close.

From The Wall Street Journal

Congress didn’t even bother settling on its modern template until four years later.

From Salon