Shunning area, relative wound up being neglected (8)
I believe the answer is:
untended
'neglected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shunning area relative wound up being' is the wordplay.
'shunning' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'relative' becomes 'aunt' (aunt is a type of relative).
'wound up being' becomes 'ended' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'aunt' with 'a' removed is 'unt'.
'unt'+'ended'='UNTENDED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for untended that I've seen before include "Neglected" , "Not looked after" , "Left without attention or minder" , "Not properly cared for" .)