May 4, 2022 · Today I found out that despite using and hearing it frequently, "unintuitive" is not a word. I searched english.stackexchange and found countless answers where the word is used. …

Nov 24, 2022 · 1 "The study conducted in [1] reveals the unintuitive role of X." unintuitive is the converse of intuitive: OED: intuitive 3.a. Of knowledge or mental perception: That consists in immediate …

The "inability to put oneself in the place of one without knowledge" is not the same as "knowledge that is unintuitive". I would either ask a new question or edit the current one. I try to address both in my …

May 9, 2011 · Actually, I prefer unintuitive, but both of these are good choices, and probably better convey "user-unfriendliness" than does user-hostile, which in my opinion is a stronger negative than …

My French origins (probably?) would have me intuitively write “all X-related things”, but it seems usage favours the construct “all things X-related”, or even without a hyphen: “all things X relate...

Jul 13, 2020 · If something is counterintuitive, it does not work in the way that you instinctively expect - for example, a swing door that you need to push from one side sometimes has a handle on that side …

Dec 21, 2023 · John Gragson’s answer to How did the surname “Featherstonhaugh” get its completely unintuitive pronunciation? is pretty damn ingenious, and I commend him for it.

Dec 26, 2018 · I'm looking for a single word that can describe that a given process is overly formal in the sense that it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad subprocesses. For instance, some company …

Why is this term used instead of the word pressed, which has a simple and intuitive meaning? Some alternative terms that could be a better fit are pushed, clicked, or activated. As someone who is not a …

May 29, 2024 · English speakers typically find this unintuitive, but the typical explanation is that the name is from Irish and that's how it's pronounced in Irish, or something along those lines.