as in avoided
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
just a ruse to shun the debt collectors
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Recent Examples of shunned
After spending a year in Europe together, the pair were effectively shunned from Chicago society.
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
Otherwise, the country will continue to be regarded as a hostile enclave, to be shunned by the world.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
DeGeneres, who was blacklisted and shunned in the industry after coming out in the ’90s, should know the difference between those things better than anyone.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunned
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When a city’s leadership makes the decision, divisive and expensive referenda can be avoided, Newbrun wrote.Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Hollywood mostly avoided the post-election weekend out of concern that people wouldn’t be paying attention to anything other than the presidential race.Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Except Montgomery, the Lions’ tough running back, bounced off his first would-be tackler and evaded several more in easily the game’s most improbable play.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The drone had evaded Israeli air defenses by approaching Israel from its Mediterranean coast.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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In May, the filmmaker escaped to Europe after receiving sentence of jail and flogging from the Iranian authorities.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Two of the vehicles escaped, the attorney general said, while the third stopped and the driver fled the scene.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Shunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunned. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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