The phrase "avoid contributing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the intention to refrain from adding to a situation, problem, or discussion.
Example: "In order to maintain a peaceful environment, we should all strive to avoid contributing to any negativity."
Alternatives: "refrain from adding" or "steer clear of contributing".
And they should certainly avoid contributing to "unsustainable collective euphoria".
Rangers berate hikers to stay on the trails, muddy or not, to avoid contributing to erosion.
The more sectors avoid contributing, the harder it is for those who do.
Some still boycott the country to avoid contributing to Robert Mugabe's dictatorial regime.
The column elaborated on the hoops that employees must jump through if they want to avoid contributing to a collection for the boss's birthday.
Avoiding red meat and dairy may be a more important way to avoid contributing to the climate crisis than eating local, and local food isn't always greener.
A pop-like deployment of repetition, and a reassuringly anchored sense of tonal consistency – the latter occasioned by the pianist's hugging of the acceptable middle-register of an otherwise tinny piano he had almost cancelled the gig to avoid – contributed to the music's astonishingly organic feel.
This provides additional evidence in favour of the involvement of BIS-anxiety in processing punishment risk contingencies: once the punishment was announced as a condition in some of the games, participants with higher levels of BIS-anxiety avoided contributing nothing (made no zero contributions on any trials of the remaining blocks).
The results confirm that teams tend not to cooperate through rivalry by avoiding contributing to the same project.
The use of toxic chemicals and solvents should be avoided, contributing to the emergence of 'green chemistry' for the synthesis of AgNPs [19 23].
PCPs often feel like they are caught between the competing imperatives of alleviating pain and suffering and avoiding contributing to the growing problem of prescription medication abuse.
