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counterintuitive

adjective as in contrary to common sense

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The most recent one I can think of along those lines is Tom Hardy as Venom, which may on the surface may seem counterintuitive to sleep.

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The increased heat is making everything more wet, which may seem counterintuitive at first, because heat waves are usually associated with dryness.

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So, sending hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers into Russia itself is, shall we say, counterintuitive in the eyes of some.

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This might sound counterintuitive but French volleyball star Alexia Richard, 28, says it is a good idea to wear longer clothes when the sun is at its most intense.

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They are ideally suited for predicting the structure and behavior of molecules, researchers say, because both the machines and the molecules are ruled by the counterintuitive laws of quantum mechanics.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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