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"be made light of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone or something has been belittled or disregarded. For example, "The clerk's mistake was made light of and brushed aside as unimportant."
Idiom
To make light of something.
To treat something as if it were trivial or unimportant.
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Is this something to be made light of, Marijuana Deathsquads?
Death should not be made light of, nor usually is it appropriate to include gory details.
Of course, most dogs do duty as family pets, and that role should not be made light of.
For legal reasons, the guide continues, writers shouldn't openly incite violence; "however, whenever someone does something violent, it should be made light of".
Clearly this conviction is incredibly serious and cannot be made light of in any way.
"My aunt's elementary school friend's trauma really shouldn't be made light of".
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"You can't be making light of what's happening too often," he says.
It's a serious problem in our penal system and not something for a supposedly serious news organisation to be making light of".
In short, Kirchner appeared to be making light of a domestic political joke against her.
Moreover, to give religious experience as he does a merely pragmatic value seems both to be begging the question and to be making light of a grave problem" (4).
"It's been made light of, and we've seen some great films, like Bruce Willis saving the day, but it is a very serious threat".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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