Word: demerit Word origin: late Middle English (also in the sense ‘merit’): from Old French desmerite or Latin demeritum ‘something deserved’, neuter past participle of demereri, from de- ‘thoroughly’ (also understood in medieval Latin as denoting reversal) + mereri ‘to merit’. Phonetic: diːˈmɛrɪt Listen:
a fault or disadvantage. Example: the merits and demerits of these proposals
a mark awarded against someone for a fault or offence.
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