Sentence examples for Counterintuitive from inspiring English sources

And while the NSFW warning might often have served as pragmatic advice (behind which, admittedly, were ethical norms about workplace behaviour), the later injunctions not to click have a moral force that – just possibly – suggests something counterintuitive: the spread of ethical compunction across the basest, most sexually commodifying and amoral of all human inventions, the internet.

Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive".

There are plenty more counterintuitive nuggets where that came from.

As Marrero said: "There is something counterintuitive and incongruous in a party agreeing to settle a case for $600m if it truly did nothing wrong".

Here's a counterintuitive fact: taking overdoses and saying we want to end it all doesn't necessarily mean we're depressed.

If companies are profit-making entities and the point of advertising is to sell products or services, then Patagonia's approach may seem counterintuitive.

So much has changed in the media landscape since summer 2011 that some will argue it is counterintuitive to care.

So it feels counterintuitive for a review of 26 studies to conclude that napping in children over two years of age may not be a good idea after all.

The feeling that it's a step back is shared by Ryan Lambert over at Yahoo! Sports, who says it was "the single worst, most pointless, counterproductive, and counterintuitive rule the sport of hockey has seen in last 30 years at least".

Such predictions seemed counterintuitive.

However, a closer look reveals the counterintuitive possibility that high infant mortality in the United States might be the unintended side effect of increased spending on medical care.