shunned
Example Sentences
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With Venezuela saddled with about $160 billion in outstanding national debts, she also put a high priority on reintegrating into the global capitalist order that her government had long shunned.
Instead, Akhundzada - having shunned the capital where the government sits in favour of remaining in Kandahar, a base of power for the Taliban - began surrounding himself with trusted ideologues and hardliners.
From BBC
European buyers shunned his cars, with deliveries in the region down nearly 39% through November.
From MarketWatch
Back home, his family was shunned by neighbors, co-workers and friends.
For years, most American consumers shunned giving secondhand gifts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
