In terms of coasting when driving, it means keeping the clutch depressed so as to free-wheel and not use the engine to move. The diagram shows how the engine is disengaged when the clutch is depressed. Engine A shows when the clutch is depressed it disengages the engine, effectively making the car free-wheel.s coasting is potentially dangerous, it stands to reason that it is taken seriously by examiners during the driving test. Most learners donât fail a driving test due to coasting as a driving instructor should pick this up and deal with it before the test is taken.
Nepotism is an even narrower form of favoritism. Coming from the Italian word for nephew, it covers favoritism to members of the family. Both nepotism and cronyism are often at work when political parties recruit candidates for public office.
1 The practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another: my parents would vehemently deny showing favouritism towards one child in particular. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  Anything else would smack of favoritism and unfair treatment for a general officer. The state or condition of being the competitor thought most likely to win a sporting contest: the horse shares favouritism with her French-trained rival at 6-1. More example sentences. 1  They shared favouritism at 2/1. 2  She completed the double in the seventh race where she shared favouritism at 6/4 with him.