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demerit

US and Canadian a mark given against a person for failure or misconduct, esp in schools or the armed forces
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Negatively, at least, I may be allowed to say, that had I been sensible of any great demerit in the work, you are the last person to whose protection I would have ventured to recommend it.
Deane had succeeded by his own merit, and that what he had to say to young men in general was, that if they didn't succeed too it was because of their own demerit. He was rather surprised, then, when his uncle put a direct question to him.
And at the thought, a pang of regret for his demerit seized him; he remembered the things that were good and that he had neglected, and the things that were evil and that he had loved; and it was with a prayer upon his lips that he mounted the steps and thrust the key into the key-hole.
Lexus captured the Special Stage with a mere 0.09 demerit over JAC (0.25 demerits) and Maxus (03 demerits) after a smashing rout of the 31-car field in the Hidden Checkpoint tussles by winning all three events contested in this unique category.
Kenyans do not understand the position, its demerits and merits as well.
But in the very next breath, the authors of the 'concept' hurry to assert that the demerits of self-regulation outweigh its merits, therefore, the government's regulatory role needs to be renewed and redesigned.
However, Wang declined to comment on the real effect of the punishment of the three former heads, explaining that the demerits will not be finalized until Dec.
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He claimed the government had evaluated merits and demerits.