well-intentioned
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌwɛl ɪnˈtɛnʃənd/
:
bienintencionado
- Although his advice was well-intentioned, it didn't really address the problem at hand.
- well-intentioned effort
- well-intentioned people
- well-intentioned programs
But we need smart, well informed, well-intentioned people to do that job.
- But we need smart, well informed, well-intentioned people to do that job.
- Do we think that he is wrong and well-intentioned or do we think he is sinister?
- But So what we have to be clear that like well-intentioned is is not enough.
- I get he's trying really hard and he's well-intentioned.
- And because it doesn't matter how smart you are or well-intentioned you are unless you've figured that out.
- I didn't appreciate her attempts to criticize my attempts because they're well-intentioned.
- Since not everybody has a support system, or maybe it's a well-intentioned support system, but it doesn't work, right.
- So this is the very well-intentioned mother who ultimately partners with her son in a way, right?
- He is saying that well-intentioned people don't really want to hear and we can get to that very shortly.
- And like you said, I don't know if you know, I also like just think that most of the world, most of the people in the world are well-intentioned.
- How many times have you seen very well-intentioned ads that invite us to step into the shower or into the bathroom
- And I always say that if you don't set boundaries, you will take even well-intentioned partners and turn them into bullies if you don't set your boundaries.
- But there gets to be a time when certain subjects, well meaning, well-intentioned, don't like certain things that are said, don't like the way they look, don't like the way they're portrayed.
- I think one of the traps, a lot of people fall into good souls, well-intentioned, but they they're, they're afraid to lean into the things that frighten them.
Examples
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Perhaps the colorblind philosophy is well-intentioned, but it may do more harm than good.
Academic text (1996) -
If well-intentioned but misguided teaching silenced my writer's voice years ago, well-intentioned and well-informed teaching also brought it back.
Fiction book (1994) -
There are good people, well-intentioned people who are providing.
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So this is the very well-intentioned mother who ultimately partners with her son in a way, right?
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But we need smart, well informed, well-intentioned people to do that job.
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Their actions, I believe, were as well-intentioned as my own mother's.
Academic text (2015) -
So this is quite an achievement I think you would say here is the consequence of that well-intentioned public health effort.
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There's plenty of good, serious, well-intentioned men out there.
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But France's policy, well-intentioned or not, is by no means the end of the matter.
Academic text (1996) -
However, well-intentioned attempts at managing the room in this instance went awry.
Synonyms
28
3.7
Wanting to help others even when the result causes problems
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3.9
An action done with good intentions that is not always helpful
Antonyms
How Well-Intentioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
well-intentioned = intentioned (semi-transparent) = well + intention + ed
The prefix 'well' modifies 'intentioned' to imply good intentions, but the specific meaning of having good intentions, even if misguided, is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Well-intentioned combines well meaning 'good' and intention meaning 'plan' or 'aim', so it means having a 'good aim' or 'good plan'. So, well-intentioned describes a person or action that tries to do good, even if the result is not successful.