The empty wagons would then be shunted to the sorting sidings. The piezoelectric elements are shunted to ground over synthetic inductors. Individuals with spina bifida, especially those with shunted hydrocephalus, often have attention problems. He was shunted to sinecure assignments, even posted to work under junior officers. It can be shunted by trains in either direction. The remaining fraction of glucose is shunted primarily down the pentose phosphate pathway. RSFQ digital electronics is based on shunted Josephson junctions. Money donated by Indians were being shunted to the USA. As more new characters were introduced, Grunt was shunted into the background. The lung is not completely shunted, allowing enough oxygen to fulfill the bird's metabolic needs. Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor was shunted out of his office. As a boy, he was shunted around among aunts and uncles. The Browns' publicity man shunted Mitauer's inquiry aside.