Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

nonintuitive

American  
[nahn-in-too-it-iv] / ˌnɑn ɪnˈtu ɪt ɪv /

adjective

  1. (of a thing) not intuitive; not straightforward; not easy to use or figure out.

  2. (of a person) not possessing or using one's intuition; tending to take a purely logical or rational approach to things.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However, according to experts, the forms are nonintuitive and brokers frequently fill them out incorrectly.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023

On the other side is the Einstein who, starting in 1905, laid the foundation for quantum mechanics, the nonintuitive rules that inject randomness into the world — rules that Einstein never accepted.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Subsequent layers of processing combine elements into nonintuitive, statistical features that faces have in common but are different enough to discriminate them.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 5, 2015

These are the kinds of nonintuitive insights available from looking at data through the right lens.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2014

The most challenging and nonintuitive of all the concepts in the general theory of relativity is the idea that time is part of space.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson