demérito

m.

demerit, disadvantage.

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demérito

► nombre masculino

1 demerit, fault

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SM

1) frm (=falta) demerit frm, fault

es un demérito para nuestra familia — it brings discredit on o to our family

va en demérito de todos — it brings discredit to everyone, it discredits everyone

2) (=indignidad) unworthiness

3) LAm (=menosprecio) contempt

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masculino (frml) demerit (frml)

sin demérito para sus compañeros — with all due respect to his colleagues

esto va en demérito del instituto — this brings the institute into disrepute

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= demerit.

Ex. To accomplish this higher purpose, Panizzi argued, required a deliberately designed 'system,' and his much maligned rules, whatever their individual merits or demerits, were intended to embody that system.

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masculino (frml) demerit (frml)

sin demérito para sus compañeros — with all due respect to his colleagues

esto va en demérito del instituto — this brings the institute into disrepute

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= demerit.

Ex: To accomplish this higher purpose, Panizzi argued, required a deliberately designed 'system,' and his much maligned rules, whatever their individual merits or demerits, were intended to embody that system.

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demérito

masculine

(frml)

demerit (frml)

sin demérito para sus compañeros with all due respect to his colleagues

esto va en demérito del instituto this brings the institute into disrepute o damages the reputation of the institute o discredits the institute

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demérito nm

Formal [desprestigio, tacha] blot, black mark; [desventaja] disadvantage;

los méritos y deméritos de algo the merits and demerits of sth

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demérito nm

1) : fault

2) : discredit, disrepute