I think the film really portrays all soldiers in a badlight.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I suppose it is only natural they blame programme makers for showing them in a badlight.
The Sun (2014)
Has your stay in your present job been so short that it will cast a badlight over your whole career?
The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994)
Definition of 'light'
light
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countable noun
If something is presented in a particular light, it is presented so that you think about it in a particular way or so that it appearsto be of a particular nature.