demerit

Example Sentences

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Instead, he was called into a disciplinary hearing by the university and handed two demerits for “damaging the school’s reputation.”

From Los Angeles Times

DeSantis has his own demerits, of course, but they fall in different categories.

From Washington Post

Any such move would be aimed at addressing the demerits of prolonged easing, such as market distortions caused by the BOJ's huge presence, and not at tightening monetary policy, he said.

From Reuters

But the very fact of having to confront opposition and think through the merits and demerits of contrasting arguments can ultimately increase our understanding of the basis for their validity.

From Washington Post

The peasants in a Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting all look the same — like human-potato hybrids — and nobody marks it as a demerit.

From New York Times