avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Used in a Sentence
shun
How to use shun in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for shun.
Editorial note
Whether you meet them at a party, or a plane, shun and shame them.\n3.
Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of shun gathered in one view.
expel from a community or group
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for shun.
verb
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
See also: eschew
verb
expel from a community or group
Example sentences
Whether you meet them at a party, or a plane, shun and shame them.\n3.
You shouldn't insult people who are curious to learn and/or shun them.
When your clients use your systems in ways you don't intend, you can shun them or embrace them.
It's equally amazing how many are so quick to shun it.
Invite people who stick to the program, shun people who keep wanting to talk about tech products.
If you follow this reasoning I think you'd also have to shun line breaks and indentation.
Yes there are great problems in the world, we are ill as a people, we are hungry, we are not safe from violence and war. But should we shun poetry, music, and science for that?
They didnt completely shun programming out of their life, but they didnt have the time to nurture their knowledge either.
Why have a thread full of condolences from strangers directed at strangers and shun any actual discussion?Most people clicked the story to find out the cause of death.
But to say we shun them due to a lack of understanding, or acting like what the Russians and Georgians do is "utter sorcery" ignores a great deal of the research that takes place here.
We should shun Google because they create an "implicit monopoly" of quality products?When and if they start shoving crapware down our throats with the force of a real monopoly we can entertain this analogy.
When development of the Android version ended, people at the organization chose to shun it and decided to rather wait to test the iOS version, thinking that delivery was just around the corner.
We should be fighting this tooth and nail.- Politically, we should punish anything associated with the NSA.- Socially, we should shun everyone from this date forward who works directly with or as a contractor for anything associated with NSA/FBI/CIA/DEA/DIA.
So what's "kind/respectful" about boycotting all of Mozilla, because of a one-time outside-the-workplace political donation by one manager?The boycott tactic says: "bend to our preferences or we'll shun/nullify/punish you totally, not just in the zone of disagreement".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use shun in a sentence?
Whether you meet them at a party, or a plane, shun and shame them.\n3.
What does shun mean?
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
What part of speech is shun?
shun is commonly used as verb.