demerit

As nouns the difference between shortcoming and demerit

is that shortcoming is deficiency while demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage.

As a verb demerit is

(archaic) to deserve.

As nouns the difference between demerit and weakness

is that demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage while weakness is (uncountable) the condition of being weak.

As a verb demerit

is (archaic) to deserve.

As nouns the difference between demerit and foible

is that demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage while foible is a quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; unusual habit or way (usage is typically plural), that is slightly strange or silly.

As a verb demerit

is (archaic) to deserve.

As an adjective foible is

(obsolete) weak; feeble.

As a noun demerit

is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage.

As a verb demerit

is (archaic) to deserve.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

As nouns the difference between demerit and detention

is that demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage while detention is detention.

As a verb demerit

is (archaic) to deserve.

As nouns the difference between deficiency and demerit

is that deficiency is (uncountable) inadequacy or incompleteness while demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage.

As a verb demerit is

(archaic) to deserve.

As nouns the difference between downside and demerit

is that downside is a disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous while demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage.

As a verb demerit is

(archaic) to deserve.

As nouns the difference between demerit and failures

is that demerit is (quality of being inadequate) A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage while failures is plural of lang=en.

As a verb demerit

is to deserve.

As verbs the difference between challenge and demerit

is that challenge is while demerit is (archaic) to deserve.

As a noun demerit is

(senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage.

As nouns the difference between demerit and cons

is that demerit is (senseid) a quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage while cons is or cons can be (computing) a data structure in lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

As verbs the difference between demerit and cons

is that demerit is (archaic) to deserve while cons is (computing) to obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending or cons can be (con).