"a bit bothered" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means slightly or mildly concerned or upset about something. Example: "I was a bit bothered by the rude comment my colleague made during the meeting." Here, the speaker is expressing a small level of annoyance or discomfort about the comment.
Even I was a bit bothered by the swearing.
For the second straight game, he seemed a bit bothered afterwards by his lack of involvement in the offense.
A week before the start of the French Open, the world's two best players will risk twisting or breaking an ankle on a substandard surface that Djokovic later described as dangerous – and the tournament organisers seem not a bit bothered.
"Oh, we're just used to it," said George McGuire, 41, a lawyer, who did not seem a bit bothered by the mound of snow at his side: it stood about 6 feet high and 10 feet wide, right in the middle of downtown.
If I bought a ticket to a gig and someone was miming I might be a bit bothered but my enjoyment of the inauguration wasn't affected at all – if anything the canapes, and Barack's insistence on using his new novelty handshake buzzer on me were much more distracting.
But I can't help being a bit bothered by the constant infidelity weaved through nearly every plot and the lack of discussion surrounding the topic of cheating.
Like many people, especially black people, I am more than a little bit bothered by Mel Gibson's latest rant, but my vexation comes from different perspectives.
At a recent show in Vancouver, while playing a DJ set for a rowdy crowd, Davids and Ivory didn't seem the slightest bit bothered by a group of drunk females on stage flailing around their equipment.
Many in America won't be in the slightest bit bothered that a mass murderer got what was coming to him swiftly, whether he was trying to kill anyone in that instant or not.
And yet, for two general reasons, I'm not the slightest bit bothered by the findings.
