Outwit: to get the better of by cunning or ingenuity. A fairly common (though often forgotten) problem among highly intelligent, very cerebral individuals is that they can solve the most complex intellectual puzzles, but have difficulty doing everyday sorts of things. This isn’t limited to INTJs, but it definitely includes them. For example, my roommate is constantly amused by my inability to do domestic things. I’m smarter than her in most areas, but I’ve also burned Easy Mac, washed my dishes by hand for eight months because I couldn’t figure out how to work the dishwasher, and was completely lost when she asked for me to arrange to have our lawn mowed. Give an INTJ a problem to solve or a system that needs restructured, and they’ll do it better than your highest expectations with little or no supervision, but ask them to cook dinner or register their car and they’ll be baffled and not know how to ask for help. 
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Outwit: to get the better of by cunning or ingenuity.


A fairly common (though often forgotten) problem among highly intelligent, very cerebral individuals is that they can solve the most complex intellectual puzzles, but have difficulty doing everyday sorts of things. This isn’t limited to INTJs, but it definitely includes them. For example, my roommate is constantly amused by my inability to do domestic things. I’m smarter than her in most areas, but I’ve also burned Easy Mac, washed my dishes by hand for eight months because I couldn’t figure out how to work the dishwasher, and was completely lost when she asked for me to arrange to have our lawn mowed. Give an INTJ a problem to solve or a system that needs restructured, and they’ll do it better than your highest expectations with little or no supervision, but ask them to cook dinner or register their car and they’ll be baffled and not know how to ask for help. 

Hurt: to cause distress or damage. INTJs are straightforward, critical thinking individuals that often don’t have much patience for observing the social graces. They tend to believe that a lot of wasted time and energy could be saved by just speaking the truth clearly. This sometimes means that they unintentionally insult or offend other people. (I would argue that this is not always, or even usually, a flaw on the INTJ’s part, but obviously I’m biased.) However, as with most things they put their minds to, if an INTJ ever did actually want to hurt someone’s feelings, they would do it very, very well.
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Hurt: to cause distress or damage.

INTJs are straightforward, critical thinking individuals that often don’t have much patience for observing the social graces. They tend to believe that a lot of wasted time and energy could be saved by just speaking the truth clearly. This sometimes means that they unintentionally insult or offend other people. (I would argue that this is not always, or even usually, a flaw on the INTJ’s part, but obviously I’m biased.) However, as with most things they put their minds to, if an INTJ ever did actually want to hurt someone’s feelings, they would do it very, very well.