demerit
Word family noundemeritadjectivedemeritorious
de·mer·it /diːˈmerɪt/ noun [countableC]1 formalGOOD POINT OR CHARACTERISTIC a bad quality or feature of something 缺點,短處demerit ofThe merits and demerits (=the good and bad qualities) of this argument have been explored. 對這一論點的優缺點已經作了探討。