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shunned

[shuhnd]

adjective

  1. avoided by people out of dislike, mistrust, disapproval, etc..

    We might get more people to join the much shunned hospitality sector if wages were increased.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of shun.

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Other Word Forms

  • unshunned adjective
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Word History and Origins

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Baker, detectives learned, had been a sweet-tempered practitioner of Wicca, a form of nature worship that shunned violence.

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The drama comes after one juror told the judge last week that others had been speaking badly outside the courthouse about a fellow juror, and that they had "shunned" the person.

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Ordinary folks can't treat people like these two, for fear of being fired, sued or shunned.

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One after another, its leaders have stuck their heads deep into their navels, hoping to find out why so many Americans — especially young people, Black voters and Latinos — shunned the former vice president.

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In other areas where coalitions were possible, Reform UK has either shunned co-operation or vice versa.

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