Meaning & use
bothersome
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causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience
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A bothersome fly kept landing on our picnic food.
The printer's constant paper jams became bothersome by the end of the week.
A note on using this word
Bothersome describes something mildly and persistently irritating rather than seriously harmful — it's a milder word than 'infuriating' or 'unbearable.'
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