I found the following sentences on a website teaching people the order of
using the 助動詞.

>   * 彼は人に笑われる。
>   * 彼を人に笑われさせる。
>   * 彼を人に笑われさせたい。
>   * 彼を人に笑われさせたくない。
>   * 彼を人に笑われさせたくなかった。
>   * 彼を人に笑われさせたくなかっただろう。
>

I am wondering about the meaning of the second last sentence 彼を人に笑われさせたくなかった.

Should it be:

> I never wanted him to be laughed at by people.

Which might imply I still think so.

Or should it be:

> I used not to want him to be laughed at by people.

Which might imply I no longer think so.
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meaning auxiliaries
Could a verb or adjective in the past tense 〜た refer to something no longer true?
Without additional context, Japanese is ambiguous on the distinction between
preterite and imperfect (which is what you're asking about, even if you don't
know the terminology).
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