DEMERITS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

demerits

noun

plural of demerit

as in weaknesses

a defect in character my keyboarding has the advantage of speed but the demerit of inaccuracy

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Recent Examples of demerits Those were the only demerits of the night for Ohtani. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 May 2026 Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026

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Noun

The study, whose goal is to identify weaknesses in AI systems to help build stronger defenses, focuses on AI systems that use both images and text.

— Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026
Acceptance of the issues, a willingness to work through weaknesses and negotiate the situations that come up.

— Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of weaknesses

Noun

The actor, whose political beliefs don’t cleanly map onto the modern divisions of the two-party system, has both a reverence for America as a set of ideals and an awareness of the faults within its history that creates interesting textual friction.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
But when both faults are at the same or similar elevated levels of stress, this is a problem.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 June 2026

Definition of faults

Noun

Before the earthquakes, the government generally defended its national health system as robust, blaming shortcomings on sanctions imposed by the United States.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
So why did the dynamic between James and the Lakers feel awkward both through their successes and shortcomings?

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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