DEMERIT
\dˈɛməɹˌɪt], \dˈɛməɹˌɪt], \d_ˈɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_t]\
Definitions of DEMERIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
By Princeton University
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the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of one who deserves ill.
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To depreciate or cry down.
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To deserve praise or blame.
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That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; - the opposite of merit.
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To deserve; - said in reference to both praise and blame.
By Oddity Software
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The state of one who deserves ill.
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To depreciate or cry down.
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To deserve praise or blame.
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That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; - the opposite of merit.
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To deserve; - said in reference to both praise and blame.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Ill desert; that which deserves punishment.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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