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counterintuitive (adj.)

also counter-intuitive, "contrary to intuition, opposed to what would be expected," 1955, from counter- + intuitive.

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Definitions of counterintuitive from WordNet

counterintuitive (adj.)
contrary to what common sense would suggest;
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