The phrase "avoid meddling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from interfering in a situation that does not concern them.
Example: "In order to maintain a peaceful environment, it's best to avoid meddling in other people's affairs."
Alternatives: "stay out of it" or "refrain from interfering".
And, after all, the Conservatives are supposed to believe that governments should avoid meddling with the labour supply.
In this case, the enormous neighbouring power of Russia is unlikely to be able to avoid meddling in any peaceful Ukrainian split.
Often divided over international relations, but with so much in common, leaders from both countries have found it difficult to avoid meddling in each other's politics.
Following the riots the government shut down four local radio stations supportive of the Buganda cause, while Mr Museveni summoned Baganda legislators to State House and called on the king to avoid meddling in politics.
White House officials say Rove had two basic rules: the first was to avoid meddling with grant and contract decisions made by career government employees; the second was to make sure they complied with the Hatch Act.
Rosenstein clearly established the special counsel in large part to avoid meddling from the president — the entire point of a special counsel is that it's outside of the normal chain of command to preserve its integrity.
The old-style boards met infrequently, avoided meddling and generally did not have children in the school.
He has avoided meddling in a corruption scandal in the National Assembly, as his predecessors might have done, leaving the legislature's committees to sort it out.
Temasek avoids meddling in the day-to-day running of the GLCs in its portfolio, which are free to hire professional managers at market rates.
The Beijing government has veto power when "defense, foreign affairs or essential public interest or policy" is on the line, and while it might prefer to avoid openly meddling in a case that would inflame Hong Kong's local sensibilities, it can make its preferences felt, and it has little incentive to protect Snowden from his own government.
To realize this worldwide audiovisual adventure, he'll be harnessing the power of crowdsourced micro-funding to steer and finance the project (and avoid those meddling corporate execs).
