trivialize
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"It saddens us that someone with his reach and status would seem to trivialize the incident that led to such an outcome and heap further pain and suffering upon the family and friends of Anthony."
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023
And his solution speaks not to his insensitivity but his integrity, his refusal to exploit or trivialize Japanese suffering by re-enacting it for the camera.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023
This may trivialize the experience of those who have suffered from trauma.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023
“We don’t want to trivialize what he said but we did have to acknowledge that he had made strides to better himself.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023
Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life—a family’s ‘language.’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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