counterintuitive

1. 1.

   contrary to what common sense would suggest

   Similarunreasonable

Questions about counterintuitive

What does counterintuitive mean?

counterintuitive means "contrary to what common sense would suggest".

How many syllables are in counterintuitive?

counterintuitive has 6 syllables and divides as co-un-te-rin-tui-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is counterintuitive a common word?

counterintuitive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.