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demeritorious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-mer-i-to-ri-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing demerit.

Etymology

From demerit + -or- + -ious.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more demeritorious (comparative) most demeritorious (superlative)

Questions

What does demeritorious mean?
Causing demerit.
Where does demeritorious come from?
From demerit + -or- + -ious.

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