The phrase "avoided outright" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something was completely or entirely avoided without any exceptions.
Example: "The committee decided to address the issue directly, ensuring that it was avoided outright in future discussions."
Alternatives: "completely avoided" or "entirely evaded".
In Falluja, a stronghold of Iraq's deeply resentful Sunni minority, the United States had avoided outright occupation for months.
Although the single-currency club appears to have avoided outright recession in 2014, growth became so anaemic that it made little difference.
By shuttling workers among companies in a conglomerate and by reducing payrolls through attrition and retirements, Japanese companies avoided outright layoffs.
John McCain, a Republican Senator and former prisoner of war in Vietnam, avoided outright criticism, but pointedly said that "large numbers" of American troops would have to go into Afghanistan to finish the job.
Hillary Clinton's recent remarks suggest she understands this, as, I suspect, does Barack Obama.The West avoided outright war with communist states for 40 years because they understood, more or less, each other's mindset.
Mr. Chávez has avoided outright confiscation of private companies by offering some compensation, but the terms of these deals are growing increasingly contentious, with the president threatening to withhold payments.
Both sides are keen to avoid outright confrontation if they can.
The series embraces the absurdities of its subject with enough compassion to avoid outright parody.
Governments were usually better off avoiding outright bans and instead giving people incentives to behave in productive ways.
That led companies like Disney and NBC to structure complex joint ventures with Internet start-ups to avoid outright acquisitions.
A hyperbolic ad that misleads viewers about Mr. Lhota's links with the Tea Party, even if its creators have been careful to avoid outright falsehoods.
