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Definition of shun verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

shun

verb

NAmE//ʃʌn//

shun somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shun

he / she / it shuns

past simple shunned

-ing form shunning

to avoid someone or something She was shunned by her family when she remarried. an actor who shuns publicity

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