The phrase "avoided participating" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone who chose not to take part in an activity or event.
Example: "She avoided participating in the discussion because she felt unprepared."
Alternatives: "chose not to participate" or "refrained from joining".
(TSW) One participant with chronic fatigue syndrome described how she avoided participating in any regular social activities such as singing in the church choir or at social events (pastimes that she had previously enjoyed) because of feelings of vulnerability and concerns that she may 'let others down' if she was subsequently too unwell to attend.
For instance, Blue Nile, the online jeweler, has long avoided participating in promotional days.
One of the preoccupations of the 1992 inquiry into the polls was whether significant numbers of Conservative voters, reluctant to admit their allegiance, simply answered "don't know" or just avoided participating in polls.
Local Serbs have avoided participating in the Croatian commemorations, often preferring either to leave the town or stay indoors on 18 November.
He also avoided participating in museum shows when he could, preferring to create his installations outdoors or at unconventional urban locations.
Now, they've given one to the European Union, and, you know, nothing against the EU, it's awfully good of y'all member states to have avoided participating in a genocide for a few decades.
Communication with the concerned inhabitants and with the public should be stipulated by the sanctioning body in such a way that developers are not able to avoid participating or participation should be required by law.
But now, Halloween has become something in which you can't avoid participating, even as an adult.
"My integrity is worth more than profits," said Senator Robert Torricelli back in 1994, making a public pledge to avoid participating in investments not available to the general public.
The UK and Denmark have used their opt-out to avoid participating in the relocation, although both have made commitments towards the 20,000 resettlement target.
At what political level were these arrangements sanctioned?" Whitehall sources insist that informants are told by their handlers that they must avoid participating in serious criminal activity.
