Definition
a mark, point, or note of disapproval; a record of bad behavior or failure that counts against someone's record.
Etymology
From 'de-' (opposite) + 'merit' (from Latin 'meritum,' deserved). Created in English to mean the opposite of merit — what you don't deserve or have lost.
Kelly Says
Schools and militaries use 'demerits' as the opposite of merits — it's a clever word pairing that shows how English builds opposite concepts by just adding a prefix.
Translations
CACatalà
desavantatge
de-sa-van-ta-ge
CSČeština
demerit
de-me-rit
DADansk
demerit
de-me-rit
DEDeutsch
Nachteil
nah-ˌtīl
ELΕλληνικά
demerit
de-me-rit
ESEspañol
desmerito
de-sme-ri-to
FISuomi
demerit
de-me-rit
FRFrançais
démérite
de-me-rit
HUMagyar
demerit
de-me-rit
IDBahasa Indonesia
kekurangan
ke-ku-ran-gan
ITItaliano
demerito
de-me-ri-to
KKKK
теңістік
te-ngi-sti-k
MSBahasa Melayu
kekurangan
ke-ku-ran-gan
NLNederlands
demerit
de-me-rit
NONorsk
demerit
de-me-rit
PLPolski
demerit
de-me-rit
PTPortuguês
desmerecimento
de-sme-re-si-mento
RORomână
demerit
de-me-rit
RUРусский
демерит
de-me-rit
SVSvenska
demerit
de-me-rit
TLTL
demerito
de-me-ri-to
UKУкраїнська
демерит
de-me-rit
VITiếng Việt
nhược điểm
nhye-ot-diem
ZUZU
ukuthula
koo-thoo-la