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well-intentioned

[ wel-in-ten-shuhnd ]

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well-intentioned

adjective

  1. having or indicating benevolent intentions, usually with unfortunate results
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Origin of well-intentioned1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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But she’s also disappointed that her father — a well-intentioned widower still struggling to connect with his daughter — wants in on the financial gain by angling for partner status.

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"Therefore, they will not accept any proposals or solutions, even if seemingly well-intentioned under the guise of reconstruction, as proposed by U.S. President Trump."

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Like other well-intentioned organizers before them, the crew has come up against the complicated realities of the crowdfunding economy.

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Joel Kaplan, who is replacing Sir Nick Clegg as Meta's head of global affairs, wrote that the company's reliance on independent moderators was "well-intentioned" but had gone too far.

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Enter Norbot, but of course regular viewers of Wallace & Gromit will be unsurprised to learn that the inventor's well-intentioned idea, as usual, ends up causing mayhem.

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