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Meanings of well-meaning in English
Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.
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Examples for "well-intentioned"
Examples for "well-intentioned"
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Decades of well-intentioned conservation have done little; a new approach is required.
2
Incoming advice and guidance from older people will almost certainly be well-intentioned.
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But a policy to curb prices, however well-intentioned, is just as bad.
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She clearly believes the decision was as misguided as it was well-intentioned.
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In the wake of many notable recalls this is a well-intentioned idea.
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The very life of the oasis was imperilled by our well-meant artifices.
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Their well-meant efforts did not have the effect of terrorizing the author.
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This well-meant action had an effect the opposite of that hoped for.
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The appeal, energetic and well-meant as it was, had no result whatever.
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It was well-meant, but she was not at all pleased with it.
Usage of well-meaning in English
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Words intended to be well-meaning may in fact have the opposite effect.
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For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
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Nor did the well-meaning parson entirely escape comment in the higher quarters.
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I do not for a moment deny that their intentions are well-meaning.
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But that is the way in which well-meaning policemen destroy valuable evidence.
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Stuart was a butt for even the well-meaning boys of the town.
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He was mild in temperament, affable in demeanor, goodnatured, affectionate and well-meaning.
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Additionally, the planets suggest that incoming information could be well-meaning but inaccurate!
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I sized up the doctors here as a couple of well-meaning fools.
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The mother is a well-meaning, hard-working, moderately intelligent woman of about 45.
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But Charles, in spite of his hypocritical character, was a well-meaning boy.
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For the moment he had absolutely no use for this well-meaning blunderer.
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She was rather more angry than pleased at the well-meaning sheriffs scepticism.
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It can draw the fussing and ire of well-meaning parents and grandparents.
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Not all former Topanga characters were as benign and well-meaning as Geer.
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The chaplain, a fussy but well-meaning person, has been memorializing about it.