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Counterintuitive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Contrary to what intuition or common sense would indicate: "Scientists made clear what may at first seem counterintuitive, that the capacity to be pleasant toward a fellow creature is ... hard work” ( Natalie Angier).

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adj. Contrary to intuition or common sense.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. contrary to what common sense would suggest

Word Usage

"In a way, the name was counterintuitive, because Google wanted to strip off a lot of the decorative chrome seen in other browsers and create a sleek sports car of a browser."

Equivalent

unreasonable

Antonym

intuitive

Same Context

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