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demeritorious

demeritorious adjective: causing demerit.

Adjective

demeritorious (comparative more demeritorious, superlative most demeritorious)

  1. Causing demerit.

Forms of demeritorious

comparativemore demeritorious
superlativemost demeritorious

Origin of demeritorious

From demerit + -or- + -ious.

Questions about demeritorious

What does demeritorious mean?
Demeritorious means causing demerit.
What part of speech is demeritorious?
Demeritorious is an adjective.

Words near demeritorious in the dictionary

  1. demerit goods
  2. demerit point
  3. demerit points
  4. demerited
  5. demeriting
  6. demeritorious
  7. demerits
  8. Demerol
  9. Demers
  10. demersal
  11. demersally

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