It was a counterintuitive event.
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Counterintuitive
//ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "counterintuitive" (1 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- контр-інтуіты́ўны adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 反常識 /反常识 adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- 反直覺 /反直觉 adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Danish
1 entries- kontraintuitiv adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Dutch
1 entries- contra-intuïtief adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Estonian
1 entries- intuitsiooniga vastuolus adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Finnish
4 entries- epäintuitiivinen adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- intuitionvastainen adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- järjenvastainen adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- vaistonvastainen adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
French
1 entries- contre-intuitif adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
German
1 entries- kontraintuitiv adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Greek
1 entries- αντιδιαισθητικός adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Macedonian
2 entries- нездраворазумен adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- нездраворазумски adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Polish
2 entries- nieintuicyjny adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
- przeciwintuicyjny adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Portuguese
1 entries- contraintuitivo adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Romanian
1 entries- contraintuitiv adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Russian
1 entries- контринтуити́вный adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Spanish
1 entries- contraintuitivo adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Ukrainian
1 entries- контр-інтуїти́вний adj (contrary to intuition or common sense)
Sample sentences
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It is a counterintuitive fact that light objects fall to earth just as quickly as heavy ones.
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It's counterintuitive, but true.
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Science is counterintuitive.
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