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shunned

[shuhn]

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verb (used with object), shunned, shun·ning.

to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English shunen, Old English scunian to avoid, fear

Related forms

shun·na·ble, adjective

shun·ner, noun

un·shun·na·ble, adjective

un·shunned, adjective

Synonyms
evade, eschew.

Antonyms
seek.

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Example Sentences

Property, biotech, energy extraction and commodity manufacturing are shunned.

Lepers were usually shunned and sequestered in leper colonies.

She socialized with anyone who was appropriate but shunned anyone who was rude, graceless, violent.

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Property, biotech, energy extraction and commodity manufacturing are shunned.

Lepers were usually shunned and sequestered in leper colonies.

She socialized with anyone who was appropriate but shunned anyone who was rude, graceless, violent.

Any academic or scientist who works on this program should be shunned by his peers.

More surprisingly, the government has shunned any serious attempts at structural economic reform.

He was shunned by peers and saw no future for himself.

People who don't cooperate are eventually shunned or jailed.

Nonetheless, the medical establishment has shunned advocates of freezing bodies for eventual revival.

He has shunned all the so-called treatments-from toupees and transplants to minoxidil, finasteride and dutasteride.

Another option currently being shunned capitalizes on the peak oil phenomena.

She was shunned by friends she had made as the wife of a rising politician.

Bachmann should be shunned by voters for her daring stupidity.

Turkish banks have shunned lending in favour of buying high-yielding government bonds.

And several domestic banks, which have traditionally shunned this business, see the chance for much-needed profits.

In fact, both parties have shunned compromise for quite some time.

The few who appear ahead of the curve are being rewarded by the market, while others are being shunned.

It has shunned mergers with other banks because of potential job losses.

Despite the downturn, the nations of the world have not shunned globalisation.

New members shunned anything that made them seem different from the rest.

Now she is shunned and criticized by many of her neighbors.

He will likely be isolated and shunned over time, making his devastating ordeal even more devastating.

Against a background of a faltering economy and stockmarket, there have been odd stirrings among a shunned group of shares.

Banished from their homes and shunned by their families.

As a farmer, he has shunned the use of tractors and plowed his land with a team of horses.

She walked often, drank only water and orange juice and shunned caffeine and refined sugar.

Acupuncture, long shunned by mainstream medicine, is slowly gaining ground in doctors' offices around the country.

People are shunned or worse attacked for stepping off prescribed paths.

It has shunned publicity and notified shoppers only vaguely that they are being tracked.

She taught herself to paint and draw, shunned gallery openings and signed her works on the back.

They were shunned from the clan and were less likely to breed and survive.

For another, banks that have hitherto shunned outsourcing will have to embrace it to protect their margins.

It has survived as readers have shunned papers and papers have shunned what was in stuffier times thought of as serious news.

Electricity companies have consistently shunned investment to keep bills down:.

Its experience of being shunned by international capital markets is not typical, for example.

There have been reports of elderly gays being shunned in normal retirement communities.

For bands shunned by many mainstream radio stations, these covers got people's attention.

His father soon died, his marriage broke up, he never got his degree and he was shunned by employers.

Zulus have traditionally shunned the practice because it would keep them away from the battlefield that called the warrior tribe.

That's surprising because in past recessions viewers shunned financial news because they found it too upsetting.

Having once shunned borrowers who appeared to carry the faintest whiff of risk, banks have recently had to branch out.

Manual interaction with the world is neglected, avoided, even shunned.

They must be shunned and made quarantined as they are a threat to any free society.

As they lose touch with the lands of their parents yet feel shunned by their countries of adoption.

At the time, she did not understand why her better-off neighbours shunned her.

Just as one who practices bad medicine will be shunned from medical practice, those that have failed at finance should be shunned.

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Word Origin & History

shun

O.E. scunian "to shun, desist, to hide," of uncertain origin; not found in any other language. Perhaps ult. from PIE root *skeu- "to cover, to hide."

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