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demerit
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural demerits
plural demerits
Learner's definition of DEMERIT
[count]
1
US : a mark that is made on the school record of a student who has done something wrong（学校给学生的）记过
- Students are given demerits if they arrive late for classes.学生如果上课迟到，将被记过。
2
formal : a bad quality in something or someone : a feature or part of something or someone that is unpleasant缺点；短处 — usually plural通常用复数
- The demerits of that job outweigh the benefits.那份工作弊大于利。
- We considered both the merits and demerits of the plan.我们考虑了这项计划的利与弊。
demerit
noun
de·mer·it di-ˈmer-ət 
dē-,
-ˈme-rət
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Students are given demerits if they arrive late for classes. my keyboarding has the advantage of speed but the demerit of inaccuracy
Recent Examples on the Web This isn’t to say that China is demerit-free, but broadly its people are much freer economically, and the evidence can be found in shimmering cities across the country. 
John Tamny, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Only five of those games have featured one of his runners coming around to score, but those jams bring up another big demerit: Of the 13 baserunners Lange has inherited, five have scored, or 38%. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022 The drivetrain in the MX-30 feels detuned, maybe to stretch the range of its small battery pack, which leads us to our next performance demerit. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2021 The people who put together securitizations – who pay attention to every little demerit in the rating process – might not like the fact that the securitization process devalues New York loans. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 The largest network of charter schools in Chicago ended a demerit system that cracked down on small infractions and, in a letter to alumni, apologized for its harsh discipline policies. Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 10 June 2021 In the ever-intense competition to attract businesses, restrictive healthcare laws such as SB 8 could be a decisive demerit. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021 Two of the man’s supervisors had resigned, Zhang wrote, and the company’s chief human resources officer Judy Tong — one of 13 senior leaders — had been given a demerit. Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021 So count a predictable rise in pig injuries and deaths as a demerit for Proposition 12 — and a cost to farmers and consumers. Will Swaim, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021 See More
John Tamny, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Only five of those games have featured one of his runners coming around to score, but those jams bring up another big demerit: Of the 13 baserunners Lange has inherited, five have scored, or 38%. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022 The drivetrain in the MX-30 feels detuned, maybe to stretch the range of its small battery pack, which leads us to our next performance demerit. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2021 The people who put together securitizations – who pay attention to every little demerit in the rating process – might not like the fact that the securitization process devalues New York loans. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 The largest network of charter schools in Chicago ended a demerit system that cracked down on small infractions and, in a letter to alumni, apologized for its harsh discipline policies. Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 10 June 2021 In the ever-intense competition to attract businesses, restrictive healthcare laws such as SB 8 could be a decisive demerit. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021 Two of the man’s supervisors had resigned, Zhang wrote, and the company’s chief human resources officer Judy Tong — one of 13 senior leaders — had been given a demerit. Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021 So count a predictable rise in pig injuries and deaths as a demerit for Proposition 12 — and a cost to farmers and consumers. Will Swaim, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French demerite, from Medieval Latin demeritum, from neuter of demeritus, past participle of demerēre to be undeserving of, from Latin, to earn, from de- + merēre to merit
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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