At present the problem is merely annoying, but it should be corrected at the earliest possible opportunity.

Their meddling had long since passed the merely annoying stage, and you didn't have to be one of the elite to know it.

At that point Wolfe ceased to be merely annoying.

"Insects are merely annoying to most people when they're small, but they'd lose all appeal if they got bigger than mobile homes."

Often, sexual harassment incidents fall into the category of the "merely annoying."

The subspace pressure waves that pummeled the ship were not dangerous, merely annoying.

Forrest demanded as the music faded to merely annoying.

Most of the time, I've found it merely annoying and distracting.

As before, none of the crashes resulted in losing any work; they were merely annoying.

At present, the situation is merely annoying, if a little disturbing.