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Definition of "well-intentioned" []

  • Marked by or having good intentions: a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter; well-intentioned criticism. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "well-intentioned" in a sentence
  • "People of this type, who are otherwise law-abiding and patriotic and well-intentioned, protect bootleggers and otherwise violate the Volstead Act with the same faith in the justice of their actions that a group of Middle Western Americans would have in evading a law that prohibited them from planting corn . . ."
  • "We favor management of the forest by trained professional foresters using approved forestry practices as has been done in the past and without interference from well-intentioned but misguided advocates of single-use concepts."
  • "He might take offense at well-intentioned advice and sulk for months, refusing to talk to those who had wounded his amour propre."