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English Dictionary: well-intentioned by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-intentioned
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Well-intentioned \Well`-in*ten"tioned\, a.
      Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
  
               Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the
               wellintentioned party.                           --Macaulay.
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