well-intentioned

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well-intentioned
\well`-in*ten"tioned\ (?), a. having upright intentions or honorable purposes. dutchmen who had sold themselves to france, as the wellintentioned party.
well-intentioned
adj : marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- s.w.maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" [syn: well-meaning, well-meant]

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