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adjective
- 1. contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation: "this explanation sounds perversely counter-intuitive"
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The meaning of COUNTERINTUITIVE is contrary to what one would intuitively expect. How to use counterintuitive in a sentence.
Something that is counterintuitive does not happen in the way you would expect it to: It may seem counterintuitive to open a shop in the middle of a recession. Steering a sailboat is counter-intuitive - you push the tiller the opposite way to the way you want to go.
If something is counterintuitive it means it's the opposite of "intuitive" — in other words it's not easily understood in an instinctive, unconscious way. A red light for "go" and a green light for "stop" would be highly counterintuitive, for example.
Counterintuitive definition: counter to what intuition would lead one to expect. See examples of COUNTERINTUITIVE used in a sentence.
Something that is counterintuitive does not happen in the way you would expect it to: It may seem counterintuitive to open a store in the middle of a recession. Steering a sailboat is counter-intuitive - you push the tiller the opposite way to the way you want to go.
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Definition of counter-intuitive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
