1. moved or pushed to a different position or place, often to avoid or get out of the way
2. transferred or moved from one track to another
Usage: railway
3. avoided or evaded deliberately

Examples

• The train cars were shunted to a side track.
• He was shunted from department to department without getting help.
• The proposal was quietly shunted aside by the committee.
• Traffic was shunted around the construction zone.
• She felt shunted out of the important meeting.
• The old locomotive shunted the freight cars into position.