shunt
verb (used with object)
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
shunted
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past participleof shunt.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shunt.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shuntverb (used with object)to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
Example Sentences
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Advocates for people living outside, in campers and other makeshift quarters have long expressed the worry that those vulnerable people get shunted aside when major events come to town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
James, who scored 16 points in Thursday's loss, appeared to injure his left elbow in the fourth quarter, after he was shunted off the court and landed on the legs of a cameraman.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
"Increases in speed of processing have sometimes come at the expense of the quality of decisions, and improvements in one area have shunted problems elsewhere."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
The role is even shunted aside by prominent experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
By all appearances they were going to be shunted aside, humiliated for the sake of Ulbrickson’s all too precious sophomores.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
