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demerit
[ dih-mer-it ]
noun
- a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- the quality of being censurable or punishable; fault; culpability.
- Obsolete. merit or desert.
demerit
/ diːˈmɛrɪt; ˈdiːˌmɛrɪt /
noun
- something, esp conduct, that deserves censure
- a mark given against a person for failure or misconduct, esp in schools or the armed forces
- a fault or disadvantage
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Derived Forms
- deˌmeriˈtorious, adjective
- deˌmeriˈtoriously, adverb
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Other Words From
- de·mer·i·to·ri·ous [dih-mer-i-, tawr, -ee-, uh, s, -, tohr, -], adjective
- de·meri·tori·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demerit1
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Example Sentences
Another demerit of the American system of employer-based coverage.
At West Point he graduated second in his class, and better than that, he never received a demerit all the time he was there.
Eliphaz represents the correct Jewish view that everything is reward or punishment for merit and demerit.
But, galled and stung by a sense of my follies and demerit, I strove to throw the blame on others.
I am room orderly this week, and am going to have things kept straight, for I can't afford to take any more demerit.
He had thus a strong feeling against him in Italy independent of any demerit of his own.
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