Meanings
adjectiveunintuitive (comparative more unintuitive, superlative most unintuitive)
comparative more unintuitive · superlative most unintuitive
- Not intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
- In particular, counterintuitive; counter to what one's intuition expects.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Latintueor
- Latinintueor
- Medieval Latinintuitivus
- Middle Frenchintuitif
- Englishintuitive
- Englishunintuitive
Translations
Finnish epäintuitiivinen, ei intuitiivinen
- epäintuitiivinennot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
- ei intuitiivinennot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
German nicht intuitiv, nicht eingängig
- nicht intuitivnot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
- nicht eingängignot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
Polish nieintuicyjny
- nieintuicyjnynot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
Russian неинтуити́вный
- неинтуити́вный (neintuitívnyj)not intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
Slovak neintuitívny
- neintuitívnynot intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
Cite this entry
APA
unintuitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintuitive
MLA
“unintuitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintuitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unintuitive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintuitive.
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