demerit in English

noun
1
a feature or fact deserving censure.
the merits and demerits of these proposals
2
a mark awarded against someone for a fault or offense.
Double demerits for speeding and seatbelt offences over the Easter period have been extended to 11 days to include the Anzac Day holiday weekend.
noun

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1. They might get a demerit.

2. TV has its merit and demerit.

3. What do you think about your merit and demerit? Can you give some example?

4. The paper analyzes the demerit of conventional reliability evaluation method of function substitute model ( FSM ).

5. Earning 37 demerit points in one year can mean the end of a job.

6. The merit of the RMB's rise is far in excess of its demerit for Chinese economy.

7. However, a most important feature of our browser covers the demerit of the speed performance.

8. If this matter was known by the teachers in school, I would possibly get a demerit.

9. We sort of kept this demerit scoreboard for the last eight years,[Sentencedict.com] until we ran out of space.

10. Three methods of data collecting in the gyro- orientation are discussed and the strongpoint and demerit of each method are analyzed.

11. The Cess is imposed on the supply of certain luxurious and demerit goods and services that attract 28 per cent GST

12. A method in the improvement of current relay controls winding asynchronous motor starting circuit is put forward, and the merit, demerit of it are described in the paper.