well-intentioned Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results
well-meant; well-meaning.
- a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter
- a well-meaning but tactless fellow
- the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm
- blunt but well-meant criticism
WordNet
Well`-in*ten"tioned adjective
Definitions
Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay.