counterintuitive
Example Sentences
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It was a counterintuitive choice, turning the guy who led the country in touchdown passes into a rusher whose gangly 6-foot-5 frame sometimes made it look like he was sprinting on a frozen lake.
This phenomenon arises from a counterintuitive property of gravity, where systems bound by gravity become hotter as they lose energy rather than cooling down.
From Science Daily
To question if he’s an all-time great isn’t just counterintuitive.
From Los Angeles Times
There are two key reasons for this seemingly counterintuitive result.
Though it may seem counterintuitive, climate change is forecast to lead to both more intense droughts and more intense episodes of rainfall.
From Los Angeles Times
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