The word demerit is a verb that means that someone detracts from another person, thing or action. Its use occurs mainly in Latin America, more precisely in countries such as Mexico, Colombia or Peru and others in Central America.
There are experts who point out that it is originally from Yucatec Spanish, that is, one that was formed in the Yucatan peninsula, present-day Mexico. Its first appearance in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy was recent, in 1992; and this entity defines "demerit" as "tarnish" or "remove merit".
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This transitive verb is used mainly to refer to speaking to the detriment or ill of a person, their work or their results and to replace figures such as “tarnish” or “dirty”.
It is important to note that the correct way to say and write it is to “demerit” and not “demerit”. This is a frequent mistake, since generally, the prefix “des” indicates negation or the inversion of the meaning of what follows..
This prefix can be shortened to "de" in the same sense, which means deprivation or inversion of the meaning of the subsequent word. The curious thing is that the RAE in other cases accepts both ways of saying or writing it, but not in "demeriting".
For its part, the word "demerit" means that something lacks merit or it is an action by which something or someone is demerited. Although they are similar, the action of "demerit" is more damaging and lacking in truth than demerit. That is, a person demerits in their desire to demerit (sometimes just because), and instead a demerit object is something that really lacks all kinds of value to be recognized.
Unlike "demerit", "demerit" comes from Latin demeritus, with “de”, which means “from top to bottom”, and meritus as "deserved".
Some words similar to "demerit" are, "discredit", "undermine", "belittle", "discount", "ignore", "depreciate", "dirty", "undermine", "demean", "diminish", " harm "," impair "," dishonor ", or" offend ".
On the other hand, words that mean the opposite are "to merit", "to praise", "to praise", "to acknowledge", "to reward", "to flatter", "to congratulate", "to congratulate", "to reward", "to increase", or "enlarge".
-"Despite all the effort I made, my boss devalued my work".
-"Many people demerit those who achieve second place".
-"I demerit any job that has phrases stolen from elsewhere".
-"She demerits my plate, even knowing that I don't know how to cook".
-"Before, I demerited the people who worked as waitresses".
-"I will demerit your project because I know you have stolen someone else's idea".
-"The court has dismissed my complaint because it considers it to be a lack of evidence".
-"If it were you, it would detract from his efforts after what he did to you.".
-"My boss told me: 'demerit that job'".
-"If I had not demerited her abilities, today she would be working with us".
-"That behavior detracts from his entire career".
-"We must not demerit the rival who also train to win".
-"Do not demerit the championship won, the team also defeated the powerful".
-"The demerit campaign against him is notorious".
-"You are demeaning everything I did!".
-"The demerit of the victory of the local team is total since they only defeated their weak adversary by 1 to 0".
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