counterintuitive
Example Sentences
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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
That runs counterintuitive to recent strong corporate earnings and economic data that have underpinned much of the optimism for 2026, beyond artificial intelligence.
From Barron's
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