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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as counterintuitive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that goes against common sense or intuition.
Example: "The results of the experiment were as counterintuitive as they were surprising, challenging our previous assumptions."
Alternatives: "seemingly paradoxical" or "against common sense".
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The pairing is not as counterintuitive as one might imagine.
Walking into that darkness, solid and prohibitive, feels as counterintuitive as walking into a wall.
It's just that it's not always as counterintuitive as he makes it out to be.
In the flesh, they are as counterintuitive as they sound on paper.
Night Vision, the new single, is also slow, a move as counterintuitive as Miley circa We Can't Stop.
In contrast, when encountering another competing company, as counterintuitive as it may sound, the focal company is better off not providing career incentive contracts in some circumstances.
As questionable as these offerings sound, they are nowhere near as counterintuitive as one of the bona fide market hits of American carbophobia: low-carb beer.
Certainly many Irish people find the idea of abandoning Catholicism to be as counterintuitive as giving up their racial or sexual identity.
Isn't scheduling play as counterintuitive as scheduling sex? "Women have to relearn to put play in their schedules," Ms. Stieglitz said.
Glass-based shingles, as counterintuitive as it sounds, could be more durable, says Dipak Chowdhury, division vice president and Willow glass commercial technology director at Corning.
On Border Line his guitar is almost as counterintuitive as Johnny Marr's was in the early days of the Smiths, trebly and a little ska where everything else is menacing or spaced out.
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