demerit
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- n a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
ten demerits and he loses his privileges - n the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
- While the courtly Virginian didn't react openly to Petraeus' answer, it plainly marked yet another demerit in the book of those lawmakers increasingly careful in weighing their .
- They can do this by walking a mile for each demerit.
- Its single greatest demerit and this is a big one was that it wasn't particularly watertight.