Example sentences for: counterintuitive

How can you use “counterintuitive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To demonstrate that "impossible" manifolds could be coaxed into living in Euclidean space is counterintuitive and pretty exciting.

  • The counterintuitive causes: Wall Street darling Alan Greenspan was nominated for a fourth term as Federal Reserve chairman, and Y2K economic disruptions never surfaced--both of which increase the likelihood that the Fed will raise interest rates.

  • This may seem counterintuitive, given that all you hear about lately is how important it is that IBM is moving into services--i.e., its e-business initiative--or that Hewlett-Packard is revitalizing itself as a services company.

  • 285)--"Sir, Counterintuitive, Sir!"

  • It is beyond me to chart the future byways of the digital revolution, but I'll venture one counterintuitive prediction: Electronic media will usher in a resurgence in the quality and value in handwriting.


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