The phrase "avoided older" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where someone has intentionally stayed away from older individuals or things, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "She avoided older people at the event, preferring to socialize with her peers."
Alternatives: "steered clear of older" or "shunned older".
No show is more primed to upend the "Idol" youth orthodoxy than "The Voice," but it has mostly avoided older contestants.
Touched by romance though they were, these fictional works were transitional to realism, for they did portray common folk sympathetically; they did concern themselves with dialect and mores; and some at least avoided older sentimental or romantic formulas.
Black rats have usually avoided older forests as they contain large trees which do not provide much in the way of ground level protection.
He said that he never married, avoided old friends, and did not reveal his secret to new ones.
I avoided old mysteries, and never read Raymond Chandler's novels.
The authors dryly conclude, "Another way to avoid older adults is to keep them out of the workplace".
Another young "hehe -er thehe -erathinks "hee-hee," doesn'thatow where he pitked it up, and enjoys that it helps him avoid older terms like "hahaha" and "LOL".
If forced to use an indoor pool, avoid older pools that may have low ceilings and poor ventilation systems.
Staff were thought to look young and inexperienced, and were felt to avoid older patients.
African governments should include adequate healthcare including terminal care services for older persons when planning for future health care delivery in order to avoid older persons dying prematurely alone under unacceptable circumstances.
There is a great need to establish more youth-friendly reproductive health clinics, encourage consistent and correct use of condoms, delay in sexual debut and avoid older sexual partners in females.
