counterintuitive
Example Sentences
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It’s become an umbrella for a whole set of skills, some of which might seem counterintuitive.
If approach beats avoidance, the next design principle is more counterintuitive: Make the goal small—almost embarrassingly so.
Poet Laureate, are “deft” and “counterintuitive, but never contrarian.”
“It may be counterintuitive, but I would argue that it’s a more pure form of acting,” he suggested.
From Los Angeles Times
Although it may seem counterintuitive that the peak arrives later under stronger warming, the explanation lies in the behavior of larger glaciers.
From Science Daily
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