demerit

/dɪˈmɛɹɪt/

noun

A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage / A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

The demerit of the product is its poor durability.

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意味（1）

A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage

[W]hatever they acquire by their Induſtry or Ingenuity […] ſhould be as much their Property, as any diviſions of Land or of Stock that are made to the Sons; and the Poſſeſſion as ſecure, unleſs forfeited by any demerit or offence againſt the cuſtoms of the Family, which grow with time to be the Orders of this little State.

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意味（2）

A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

A few of you have followed in the path of the perfect West Point graduate, Robert E. Lee, who never received a single demerit in four years. Some of you followed in the path of the imperfect graduate, Ulysses S. Grant, who had his fair share of demerits, and said the happiest day of his life was "the day I left West Point." (Laughter.)

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