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Significados de well-meaning en inglés

Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.

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Not unfriendly or threatening.

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Examples for "unthreatening"
Examples for "unthreatening"
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One soldier glances at Muramoto twice in a nervous but unthreatening way.
Reuters
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But Eric looked as unthreatening as a vampire his size can look.
Dead to the world
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He can also do it in a way that strikes people as unthreatening.
The Guardian
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Mhari steps out from behind the chair, keeping her expression calm and unthreatening.
The Rhesus Chart
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Everything seemed to be orderly and unthreatening, Andrew thought with relief.
Enchanted Glass
Uso de well-meaning en inglés
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Words intended to be well-meaning may in fact have the opposite effect.
The Irish Times
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For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
The Demolished Man
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Nor did the well-meaning parson entirely escape comment in the higher quarters.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
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I do not for a moment deny that their intentions are well-meaning.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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But that is the way in which well-meaning policemen destroy valuable evidence.
John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
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Stuart was a butt for even the well-meaning boys of the town.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success; Or, The Young Express Agent
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He was mild in temperament, affable in demeanor, goodnatured, affectionate and well-meaning.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
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Additionally, the planets suggest that incoming information could be well-meaning but inaccurate!
The South African
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I sized up the doctors here as a couple of well-meaning fools.
Swirling Waters
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The mother is a well-meaning, hard-working, moderately intelligent woman of about 45.
Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
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But Charles, in spite of his hypocritical character, was a well-meaning boy.
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
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For the moment he had absolutely no use for this well-meaning blunderer.
The Sowers
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She was rather more angry than pleased at the well-meaning sheriffs scepticism.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
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It can draw the fussing and ire of well-meaning parents and grandparents.
Ebony
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Not all former Topanga characters were as benign and well-meaning as Geer.
The Guardian
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The chaplain, a fussy but well-meaning person, has been memorializing about it.
For the Term of His Natural Life