Definition of "counterintuitive"

counterintuitive

/ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/

adjective
comparative more counterintuitive, superlative most counterintuitive
1. Contrary to intuition or common sense.
  Quotations
  With the students who worked on drafts in class, a number of aspects of lexicography proved challenging and counterintuitive.
  2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146