counterintuitive

There are concerns among some police officers that revealing these details could be counterintuitive.

I feel grateful to have the sort of fan base you’ll just trust, even when you do something a little counterintuitive.

Even if seeking realism in creatures that only exist in our imagination might seem counterintuitive, the goal is to make them feel palpable within their made-up realm.

Scotland has some of the wettest parts of the UK, so it is perhaps counterintuitive to think about it as a country facing water scarcity.

It may sound counterintuitive — because the play is a drama tackling themes of class, feminism and parental and filial obligations — but Reaser and Harner’s superpower is their ability to laugh together.