unbothered
adjective
un·both·ered
ˌən-ˈbä-ṯẖərd 
: not feeling or showing agitation, worry, or annoyance : not bothered
… for a young director, he seems increasingly unbothered by the problems of youth.—
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane… [walruses] lie torpid, eyes closed, silent, unbothered by the flies and feces coating their extravagant flanks.—Richard Matthews
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More Getty Images Last Week, on Thursday, James was spotted teeing off in heavy rain on the greens, drenched and completely unbothered.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Spicoli remains as laissez-faire as ever, cool, care-free and unbothered by the teacher who presses him.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Some of us do not have Babitz’s unbothered coolness towards life’s curveballs.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Many animals appear to be entirely unbothered by all of this surveillance.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Spicoli remains as laissez-faire as ever, cool, care-free and unbothered by the teacher who presses him.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Some of us do not have Babitz’s unbothered coolness towards life’s curveballs.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Many animals appear to be entirely unbothered by all of this surveillance.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Unbothered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbothered. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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