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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.


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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023

“The site can be overwhelming and nonintuitive for the new user,” Mrs. Staples said.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

The finding is nonintuitive and interesting, but the reporting on it has been a bit fantastical.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2018

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

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

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