Adjective

(en adjective)

Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}

* 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “ Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, NYTimes.com :

These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive , often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.

The intuitive response turned out to be correct.

Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.

Having a marked degree of intuition.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not awake; having no awareness.

She lay unconscious on the floor.

Without directed thought or awareness.

My sudden fright was an unconscious response.

(sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.

* 1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144

Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.

* 1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10

"I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."

* 2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292

Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.