The concept of merit, which refers to achievements or qualities that are deserving of praise or recognition, has several antonyms. One common antonym is demerit, which refers to a fault or flaw that detracts from a person's accomplishments. In contrast to merit, which is associated with excellence and superiority, demerit is linked to weakness and inferiority. Another antonym for merit is incompetence, which suggests a lack of skill or ability. Other possible antonyms for merit include ineffectiveness, inadequacy, deficiency, and shortcoming. Overall, these antonyms underline the importance of recognizing and addressing weaknesses and areas of improvement, in addition to celebrating strengths and achievements.

What are the antonyms for Merit?

• n.

  • advantage
  • demerit
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  • disadvantage
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  • dishonor
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  • disrespect
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  • evil
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  • fault
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  • ill repute
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  • weakness
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  • wickedness
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  • worthlessness
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  • failure
  • Non-performance
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  • also ran
  ,
  • alsoran
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  • bankrupts
  ,
  • born loser
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  • born losers
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  • de cay
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  • de cays
  ,
  • de feat
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  • de feats
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  • de relict
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  • de relicts
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  • de-cay
  ,
  • de-cays
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  • de-feat
  ,
  • de-feats
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  • de-relict
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  • de-relicts
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  • defaulter
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  • defaulters
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  • dis appointment
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  • dis appointments
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  • dis-appointment
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  • dis-appointments
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  • failings
  ,
  • fiasco
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  • flash in pan
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  • flash the pan
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  • good for nothing
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  • has been
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  • has beens
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  • has-been
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  • has-beens
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  • hasbeen
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  • hasbeens
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  • implosion
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  • implosions
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  • in adequacies
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  • in adequacy
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  • in competent
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  • in solvent
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  • in solvents
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  • in-adequacies
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  • in-adequacy
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  • in-competent
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  • in-solvent
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  • in-solvents
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  • inadequacy
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  • incompetents
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  • insolvents
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  • lead balloon
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  • lead balloons
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  • loser
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  • lumpies
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  • might have been
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  • might-have-been
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  • might-have-beens
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  • mis adventure
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  • mis adventures
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  • mis carriage
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  • mis carriages
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  • mis steps
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  • mis-adventure
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  • mis-adventures
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  • mis-carriage
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  • mis-carriages
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  • mis-steps
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  • no good
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  • no goods
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  • no-goods
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  • nogood
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  • nogoods
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  • non performance
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  • non performances
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  • non performer
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  • non performers
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  • non success
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  • non successes
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  • non-performances
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  • non-performers
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  • non-success
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  • non-successes
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  • nonperformance
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  • nonperformances
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  • nonperformer
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  • nonperformers
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  • nonsuccess
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  • nonsuccesses
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  • over throw
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  • over throws
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  • over-throw
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  • over-throws
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  • sinking ship
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  • sinking ships
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  • total loss
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  • total losses
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  • under achiever
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  • under achievers
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  • under-achiever
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  • under-achievers
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  • underachiever
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  • underachievers
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  • washout
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  • lack of success
  • failure
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  • noun
  • Disvalue
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  • baseness
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  • blemish
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  • cheapness
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  • crumminess
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  • defect
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  • deficiency
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  • drawback
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  • emptiness
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  • flaw
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  • inadequateness
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  • inferiority
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  • insufficiency
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  • lousiness
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  • meanness
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  • minus
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  • negative
  ,
  • paltriness
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  • pettiness
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  • poorness
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  • unacceptability
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  • valuelessness
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• v.

  • be unsuccessful
  • fail
  .
  • fail
  • Defalcated
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  • Defalcating
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  • Faulted
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  • Floundered
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  • Funking
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  • Overdrawing
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  • Overdrawn
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  • Overdrew
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  • Overpassed
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  • Overpassing
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  • am arrears
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  • am cleaned out
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  • am defeated
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  • am demoted
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  • am in arrears
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  • am ruined
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  • am taken cleaners
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  • am taken the cleaners
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  • am taken to cleaners
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  • am taken to the cleaners
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  • am vain
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  • are arrears
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  • are cleaned out
  ,
  • are defeated
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  • are demoted
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  • are found lacking
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  • are in arrears
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  • are in vain
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  • are ruined
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  • are taken cleaners
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  • are taken the cleaners
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  • are taken to cleaners
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  • are taken to the cleaners
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  • are vain
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  • art arrears
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  • art cleaned out
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  • art defeated
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  • art demoted
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  • art found lacking
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  • art in arrears
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  • art in vain
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  • art ruined
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  • art taken cleaners
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  • art taken the cleaners
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  • art taken to cleaners
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  • art taken to the cleaners
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  • art vain
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  • back wrong horse
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  • backed wrong horse
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  • backing wrong horse
  ,
  • backs wrong horse
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  • be arrears
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  • be cleaned out
  ,
  • be defeated
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  • be demoted
  ,
  • be found lacking
  ,
  • be in arrears
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  • be in vain
  ,
  • be ruined
  ,
  • be taken cleaners
  ,
  • be taken the cleaners
  ,
  • be taken to cleaners
  ,
  • be taken to the cleaners
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  • be vain
  ,
  • became insolvent
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  • become insolvent
  ,
  • becomes insolvent
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  • becoming insolvent
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  • being arrears
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  • being cleaned out
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  • being defeated
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  • being demoted
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  • being found lacking
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  • being in arrears
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  • being in vain
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  • being ruined
  ,
  • being taken cleaners
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  • being taken the cleaners
  ,
  • being taken to cleaners
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  • being taken to the cleaners
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  • being vain
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  • brake down
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  • brake one word
  ,
  • brake one's word
  ,
  • brake ones word
  ,
  • brake word
  ,
  • break down
  ,
  • break one word
  ,
  • break one's word
  ,
  • break ones word
  ,
  • break word
  ,
  • breaking down
  ,
  • breaking one word
  ,
  • breaking one's word
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  • breaking ones word
  ,
  • breaking word
  ,
  • breaks down
  ,
  • breaks one word
  ,
  • breaks one's word
  ,
  • breaks ones word
  ,
  • breaks word
  ,
  • broke down
  ,
  • broke one word
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  • broke one's word
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  • broke ones word
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  • broke word
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  • came naught
  ,
  • came nothing
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  • came to naught
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  • came to nothing
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  • close doors
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  • close down
  ,
  • close one doors
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  • close one's doors
  ,
  • close ones doors
  ,
  • closed doors
  ,
  • closed down
  ,
  • closed one doors
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  • closed one's doors
  ,
  • closed ones doors
  ,
  • closes doors
  ,
  • closes down
  ,
  • closes one doors
  ,
  • closes one's doors
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  • closes ones doors
  ,
  • closing doors
  ,
  • closing down
  ,
  • closing one doors
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  • closing one's doors
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  • closing ones doors
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  • come naught
  ,
  • come nothing
  ,
  • come to naught
  ,
  • come to nothing
  ,
  • comes naught
  ,
  • comes nothing
  ,
  • comes to naught
  ,
  • comes to nothing
  ,
  • coming naught
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  • coming nothing
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  • coming to naught
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  • coming to nothing
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  • de cline
  ,
  • de clines
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  • de falcate
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  • de falcated
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  • de fault
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  • de faulted
  ,
  • de faulting
  ,
  • de faults
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  • de sert
  ,
  • de-cline
  ,
  • de-clines
  ,
  • de-falcate
  ,
  • de-falcated
  ,
  • de-fault
  ,
  • de-faulted
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  • de-faulting
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  • de-faults
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  • de-sert
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  • defalcate
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  • defalcates
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  • dis appoint
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  • dis appointed
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  • dis appointing
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  • dis appoints
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  • dis counted
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  • dis counting
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  • dis counts
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  • dis honor
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  • dis honored
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  • dis honoring
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  • dis honors
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  • dis regard
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  • dis regarded
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  • dis regarding
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  • dis regards
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  • dis-appoint
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  • dis-appointed
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  • dis-appointing
  ,
  • dis-appoints
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  • dis-counted
  ,
  • dis-counting
  ,
  • dis-counts
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  • dis-honor
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  • dis-honored
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  • dis-honoring
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  • dis-honors
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  • dis-regard
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  • dis-regarded
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  • dis-regarding
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  • dis-regards
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  • drop a bundle
  ,
  • drop bundle
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  • dropped a bundle
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  • dropped bundle
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  • dropping a bundle
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  • dropping bundle
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  • drops a bundle
  ,
  • drops bundle
  ,
  • dropt a bundle
  ,
  • dropt bundle
  ,
  • failed
  ,
  • fall flat
  ,
  • fall short
  ,
  • fall through
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  • falling flat
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  • falling short
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  • falling through
  ,
  • falls flat
  ,
  • falls short
  ,
  • falls through
  ,
  • fell flat
  ,
  • fell short
  ,
  • fell through
  ,
  • funked
  ,
  • go astray
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  • go bankrupt
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  • go belly up
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  • go bust
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  • go down swinging
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  • go downhill
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  • go in smoke
  ,
  • go in to chapter 11
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  • go out of business
  ,
  • go smoke
  ,
  • go the wall
  ,
  • go to the wall
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  • go to wall
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  • go up
  ,
  • go up in smoke
  ,
  • go up smoke
  ,
  • go wrong
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  • goes astray
  ,
  • goes bankrupt
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  • goes belly up
  ,
  • goes broke
  ,
  • goes bust
  ,
  • goes down swinging
  ,
  • goes downhill
  ,
  • goes in smoke
  ,
  • goes in to chapter 11
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  • goes into chapter 11
  ,
  • goes out business
  ,
  • goes smoke
  ,
  • goes to the wall
  ,
  • goes to wall
  ,
  • goes up
  ,
  • goes up in smoke
  ,
  • goes up smoke
  ,
  • goes wall
  ,
  • goes wrong
  ,
  • going astray
  ,
  • going bankrupt
  ,
  • going belly up
  ,
  • going broke
  ,
  • going bust
  ,
  • going down swinging
  ,
  • going downhill
  ,
  • going in smoke
  ,
  • going out business
  ,
  • going smoke
  ,
  • going the wall
  ,
  • going up
  ,
  • going up in smoke
  ,
  • going up smoke
  ,
  • going wrong
  ,
  • hit bottom
  ,
  • hit skids
  ,
  • hit the skids
  ,
  • hits bottom
  ,
  • hits skids
  ,
  • hits the skids
  ,
  • hitting bottom
  ,
  • hitting skids
  ,
  • hitting the skids
  ,
  • is cleaned out
  ,
  • is defeated
  ,
  • is demoted
  ,
  • is found lacking
  ,
  • is in arrears
  ,
  • is in vain
  ,
  • is ruined
  ,
  • is taken cleaners
  ,
  • is taken to cleaners
  ,
  • is vain
  ,
  • lose control
  ,
  • lose ones shirt
  ,
  • lose out
  ,
  • lose shirt
  ,
  • lose status
  ,
  • loses control
  ,
  • loses out
  ,
  • loses status
  ,
  • losing big
  ,
  • losing control
  ,
  • losing out
  ,
  • losing status
  ,
  • lost big
  ,
  • lost control
  ,
  • lost out
  ,
  • lost status
  ,
  • meet with disaster
  ,
  • meeting with disaster
  ,
  • meets with disaster
  ,
  • met with disaster
  ,
  • mis carried
  ,
  • mis carries
  ,
  • mis carry
  ,
  • mis carrying
  ,
  • mis-carry
  ,
  • mis-carrying
  ,
  • miss boat
  ,
  • miss the boat
  ,
  • missed boat
  ,
  • missed the boat
  ,
  • misses boat
  ,
  • misses the boat
  ,
  • missing boat
  ,
  • missing the boat
  ,
  • over draw
  ,
  • over drawing
  ,
  • over draws
  ,
  • over drew
  ,
  • over look
  ,
  • over looked
  ,
  • over looks
  ,
  • over pass
  ,
  • over passed
  ,
  • over passes
  ,
  • over passing
  ,
  • over-draw
  ,
  • over-drawing
  ,
  • over-drawn
  ,
  • over-draws
  ,
  • over-drew
  ,
  • over-look
  ,
  • over-looking
  ,
  • over-looks
  ,
  • over-pass
  ,
  • over-passed
  ,
  • over-passes
  ,
  • over-passing
  ,
  • overdraw
  ,
  • overdraws
  ,
  • overpast
  ,
  • play in to
  ,
  • play into
  ,
  • played in to
  ,
  • played into
  ,
  • playing in to
  ,
  • playing into
  ,
  • plays in to
  ,
  • plays into
  ,
  • ran aground
  ,
  • run aground
  ,
  • running aground
  ,
  • runs aground
  ,
  • turn out badly
  ,
  • turned out badly
  ,
  • turning out badly
  ,
  • turns out badly
  ,
  • was cleaned out
  ,
  • was defeated
  ,
  • was demoted
  ,
  • was found lacking
  ,
  • was in vain
  ,
  • was ruined
  ,
  • was taken cleaners
  ,
  • was taken the cleaners
  ,
  • was taken to cleaners
  ,
  • was taken to the cleaners
  ,
  • was vain
  ,
  • wast cleaned out
  ,
  • wast defeated
  ,
  • wast demoted
  ,
  • wast found lacking
  ,
  • wast in arrears
  ,
  • wast in vain
  ,
  • wast ruined
  ,
  • wast taken cleaners
  ,
  • wast taken the cleaners
  ,
  • wast taken to cleaners
  ,
  • wast vain
  ,
  • went astray
  ,
  • went bankrupt
  ,
  • went broke
  ,
  • went bust
  ,
  • went down swinging
  ,
  • went downhill
  ,
  • went in smoke
  ,
  • went in to chapter 11
  ,
  • went into chapter 11
  ,
  • went out business
  ,
  • went out of business
  ,
  • went smoke
  ,
  • went the wall
  ,
  • went to the wall
  ,
  • went up in smoke
  ,
  • went up smoke
  ,
  • went wall
  ,
  • went wrong
  ,
  • were arrears
  ,
  • were cleaned out
  ,
  • were defeated
  ,
  • were demoted
  ,
  • were found lacking
  ,
  • were in arrears
  ,
  • were in vain
  ,
  • were ruined
  ,
  • were taken cleaners
  ,
  • were taken the cleaners
  ,
  • were taken to cleaners
  ,
  • were taken to the cleaners
  ,
  • were vain
  ,
  • wert arrears
  ,
  • wert defeated
  ,
  • wert demoted
  ,
  • wert found lacking
  ,
  • wert in arrears
  ,
  • wert in vain
  ,
  • wert ruined
  ,
  • wert taken cleaners
  ,
  • wert taken to the cleaners
  ,
  • wert vain
  .

Usage examples for Merit

Famous quotes with Merit

• Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

  Joseph Addison
• It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

  Kate Adie
• What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.

  Piers Anthony
• The existence of law is one thing; its merit or demerit is another.

  John Austin
• Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

  Francis Bacon

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