"make nothing of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes nothing of [present, singular, third-person], making nothing of [participle, present], made nothing of [participle, past], made nothing of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> nothing of}} make nothing of (third-person singular simple present makes nothing of, present participle making nothing of, simple past and past participle made nothing of)
  1. To make no difficulty of (a given occurrence); to consider (a particular occurrence) as trifling or unimportant.
    Sense id: en-make_nothing_of-en-verb-0n2~gJA~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. To fail to understand.
    Sense id: en-make_nothing_of-en-verb-PA0QQbMN

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