demerit

Many of the merits and demerits of the various systems have already been mentioned.

I am not going into the merits or demerits of the word "deficiency," about which we have already heard so much.

We often hear discussions on the merits or demerits of a figure.

I do not want to go into the merits or demerits of the seamen's strike.

There are both merits and demerits in the system.

I do not want to argue the merits or demerits of the case.

I was not arguing the merits or demerits.

We are not here to discuss the merits or demerits of smoking and drinking.

Inevitably, education is where the demerits of the rate support grant settlement have the worst effect.

There are merits and demerits in both systems.

I shall not deal with its merits or demerits.

During the debate we have sometimes moved away from the merits and demerits of devolution.

I am not prepared to discuss the merits or demerits of the matter by way of business questions.

The campaign that most of us fought was about devolution and its merits and demerits.

There may be other demerits about it, but that of surprise is not one of them.