immerit

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ merit.

Noun

immerit (uncountable)

1. Lack of worth; demerit.
   • a. 1641, John Suckling, a letter [to unknown]

     When I receive your lines, my dear Princess, and find there expressions of a passion; though reason and my own immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the cozenage so pleasing to me […]