Minuspunkt — meaning in English

English meaning

• demerit noun A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
• drawback noun A disadvantage or downside to something otherwise good.

Senses

Minuspunkt is used for these senses in English:

• demerit A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
• drawback The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.

demerit — full definition

1. noun A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
2. noun A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
3. noun That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

Related German words