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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
Word History and Origins
Origin of well-meaning1
Example Sentences
"We had a lot of well-meaning people and they really did try to help," she said.
Around 14,000 of the prisoners died after liberation, their digestive systems unable to cope with the high calorific, rich, sustenance offered by well-meaning cooks and medics.
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.
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