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well-meaning
[ wel-mee-ning ]
adjective
- meaning or intending well; having good intentions:
a well-meaning but tactless person.
- Also well-meant []. proceeding from good intentions:
Her well-meaning words were received in silence.
well-meaning
adjective
- having or indicating good or benevolent intentions, usually with unfortunate results
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of well-meaning1
Example Sentences
Everyone was really well-meaning, but the lockdown was a hard time for everybody, of course.
The well-meaning messengers posing this query mean to protect fragile work addressing issues of race, but they implicitly send another message.
With Jamie’s outburst sitting at the top of her mind, Briony knows that refusing his well-meaning conversation could affect her performance and access to her client, not to mention her safety.
Los Angeles is well known as a nexus of healers and wellness practitioners, from fitness gurus, yoga teachers and meditation experts to sound bath artists, acupuncturists, reiki professionals and even well-meaning witches.
"There are certainly some well-meaning people within the organisation, people of integrity, but too often, they have never really seen it as their role to stand up for patients."
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