non-intuitive
adj
(alsononintuitive)uk/ˌnɒn.ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪv/us/ˌnɑːn.ɪnˈtuː.ɪ.t̬ɪv/noteasyto use orlearn,especiallywithout anyspecialtrainingorpractice:
Forfirst-timeusers, thesoftwarecanseemunfriendlyand nonintuitive.
Thepuzzleswere too non-intuitive to be done within theshorttimelimit.
not what you wouldexpectbasedonbeliefsorfeelings,althoughmaybetrueinfact:
For some, theseconclusionsmayseemso nonintuitive that they must bewrong.
Thelossofanimalspeciescan have somedramaticand non-intuitiveconsequencesforhumancommunities.
- The supermarket's self-checkoutscannerwas non-intuitive, and manycustomersrequiredthehelpof anassistantto use it.
- Thecontrolswere sofrustratingand non-intuitive.
- Hespentmuch of his firstweekatworktryingtofigureout the non-intuitiveaccountingsoftware.
- Thistricktoreducethetotalenergyused is abitnon-intuitive, but itworks: don'tpreheat, butturntheovenup to ahighertemperaturefor the firstpartof thecookingcycle.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
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