Sentence examples for the demerits from inspiring English sources
noun
A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage
The merits of the latter and the demerits of the former were also outlined, in order to challenge our instinctive preferences.
Still, the school holds fast to a few traditions, like the demerits that are doled out for getting to school late, riding the elevator without a pass or wearing sweat pants.
The deputy prime minister has reached the point that he almost wants the institution to look absurd so that the electorate realises that whatever the demerits of elections to a second chamber, the status quo is even worse.
The secrecy, Mr. Francis said, "will help the policymakers make a decision on the merits of the proposals rather than on a political campaign that seeks to promote the merits of one bid and the demerits of an alternative proposal".
"We ask that for the 24 hours immediately preceding the start of the State of the Union address, members of Congress of both parties, the party's national and Congressional campaign committees, and the president speak only about the merits of their ideas, not the demerits of ideas coming from the opposite political party," a draft of the letter states.
Unlike the people who can't glimpse a Nancy Mitford novel without moralising about class, jeunesses dorees and the demerits of froth, Nancy - who was nearly, non-U-ly, called Ruby, and whose family weren't nearly as thick or rich as they're supposed to have been - didn't lecture, and didn't much mind about anything.
On the demerit side, some of the couture silks looked too heavy and old school for the sexier shapes.
On the demerit side, a detectable Balenciaga influence in the proportions and layers cast a degree of doubt over the designers' ability to establish a clear brand identity.
But on the demerit side some of the shapes and textures seemed forced and gadgety, even alien to Mr. Elbaz's sensibility.
Foremost in his mind was the thought of the demerit he would get if Brother Peter caught him out of bed.
The demerit of MMNL model is its complex computing process.
