How to Use demerit in a Sentence

demerit

noun

• Students are given demerits if they arrive late for classes.
• Fort Worth inspection scores are based on a demerit system.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 July 2024
• Plus: Pizza Hut gets a demerit for failing to offer giardiniera as a topping or even a side.
  — Monica Eng, Axios, 9 July 2024
• The story didn’t call Bannon a racist, a demerit in the eyes of some readers.
  — Liz Spayd, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2016
• The state can suspend a permit for one to three years, depending on the number of demerits.
  — Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2018
• This mpg demerit is most likely due to the Touring's larger 17-inch wheels.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2020
• The drivetrain in the MX-30 feels detuned, maybe to stretch the range of its small battery pack, which leads us to our next performance demerit.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2021
• Demerits and the type of violation dictates whether a pool can stay open.
  — Anna Douglas, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
• The movie’s one major demerit is a lack of screen time for Cheadle, whose character is a welcome presence in the book.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• The acetate frames are produced in China — which shouldn’t be taken as a demerit.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
• So count a predictable rise in pig injuries and deaths as a demerit for Proposition 12 — and a cost to farmers and consumers.
  — Will Swaim, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021
• His only demerits on Sunday were two leadoff walks, but only one came back to bite him.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 27 May 2024
• There’s a system here of rewards and demerits, known as Power Points, that helps the kids understand the value of a currency.
  — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• The moment is ripe for a short book that explains the merits and demerits of America’s financial sector.
  — Daniel W. Drezner, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2017
• The restaurant was cited for eight demerits and received an A grade after a July 2017 inspection, state records show.
  — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
• San Diego’s beloved architecture competition — Orchids and Onions — is back with awards for the best new buildings and projects, as well as demerits for designs that missed the mark.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• Did Jonathan Taylor, who clearly has a fumbling issue, his only demerit, seemed to slow up after the point of initial contact?
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2017
• Trump himself appears to be wrangling in real time with the benefits and demerits of either approach.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
• Among Academy’s first collection, there are a handful of pieces that would surely earn demerits.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• In other words, the restaurants were clean as a whistle and city health inspectors didn't hand out demerits for roaches, rodent droppings or dirty kitchen equipment.
  — Carolina Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
• The future senator chafed under the strict rules of the school, drawing demerits, but just as many friends who gravitated to his quick wit and adventurous ways.
  — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 10 May 2018
• Sharpton is unworthy of such praise, so much so that the decision to back him reflexively is a massive moral demerit.
  — Seth Mandel, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2019
• Second, under their system, there’s no way to assign a president credit for a success and give him demerits for a failure.
  — Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2017
• Some might give Luca demerits for not being as ambitious as either 2020 Pixar movie, Onward or Soul.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2023
• The demerits in the budget belong with the annual discretionary accounts.
  — Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CNN, 27 May 2017
• These early forays into self-expression were rewarded with demerits, and in time Echevarria was shown the door.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• Dirty shoes, laddered stockings, and other infractions incurred demerits, which could lead to a Bunny being fined or even fired.
  — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• Only five of those games have featured one of his runners coming around to score, but those jams bring up another big demerit: Of the 13 baserunners Lange has inherited, five have scored, or 38%.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022
• Pools with health or safety violations are given demerits, which are weighted by the severity of the problem.
  — Anna Douglas, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
• Tall and commanding, with a profile that could have been chiseled on an Etruscan coin, critics assigned demerits to Heston for...
  — Scott Eyman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2017

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