nepotistic

[nep-uh-tist-ik]

adjective

1. practicing or characterized by nepotism, or favoritism based on family relationship.

Example Sentences

It provides a branding moment for David Ellison, the nepotistic mogul.

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In a relatively short amount of time in the limelight, Qualley, a daughter of fellow actor Andie MacDowell, has stepped far from her mother’s shadow and repudiated claims of nepotistic privilege the old-fashioned way: with terrific, hard work.

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While she acknowledges the criticisms over the potential politicisation of Mexico's justice system, Aguirre Bonilla believes the vote is an opportunity for meaningful change of a collapsed, corrupted and nepotistic judiciary.

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Biden, who’s otherwise been stingy in using the Constitution’s mighty presidential power, by his nepotistic act adds to the pile of rancid pardons amassed by modern presidents of both parties, including Trump’s first-term grants to a scofflaw family member, sordid allies, donors and war criminals.

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Otherwise, history may remember this pardon as the nepotistic indulgence of a president who could not see the forest of injustice beyond his own family tree.

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