1. eschewed
1. A lot of people have difficulty separating personal insult from dissension, especially when polite language is eschewed.
2. The designer eschewed fashion's ubiquitous flower patterns in favor of a jungle of animal prints.
3. Starkey has eschewed the easy wisdom of hindsight, as far as any historian can.
4. For the health of his family the heavy smoker had eschewed smoking with his willpower when his wife was pregnant.
5. And he eschewed the search for the single " big bang " in favor of aiming for multiple breakthroughs.
6. It eschewed Wall Street tradition and decided that the final IPO price would be set by an auction.
7. The duchess eschewed bright colors and bold prints even in sunny Southern California, though she donned the floral Packham for a charity polo match in Santa Barbara.