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Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.
well-intentioned
well-meant
intended
Not unfriendly or threatening.
unthreatening
amicable
1
Words intended to be
well
-
meaning
may in fact have the opposite effect.
2
For a moment Powell yearned to blast this
well
-
meaning
clumsy young normal.
3
Nor did the
well
-
meaning
parson entirely escape comment in the higher quarters.
4
I do not for a moment deny that their intentions are
well
-
meaning
.
5
But that is the way in which
well
-
meaning
policemen destroy valuable evidence.
6
Stuart was a butt for even the
well
-
meaning
boys of the town.
7
He was mild in temperament, affable in demeanor, goodnatured, affectionate and
well
-
meaning
.
8
Additionally, the planets suggest that incoming information could be
well
-
meaning
but inaccurate!
9
I sized up the doctors here as a couple of
well
-
meaning
fools.
10
The mother is a
well
-
meaning
,
hard-working, moderately intelligent woman of about 45.
11
But Charles, in spite of his hypocritical character, was a
well
-
meaning
boy.
12
For the moment he had absolutely no use for this
well
-
meaning
blunderer.
13
She was rather more angry than pleased at the
well
-
meaning
sheriffs scepticism.
14
It can draw the fussing and ire of
well
-
meaning
parents and grandparents.
15
Not all former Topanga characters were as benign and
well
-
meaning
as Geer.
16
The chaplain, a fussy but
well
-
meaning
person, has been memorializing about it.