• Well-meaning

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    Adjective

    well-meaning

    1. With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.The boy is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.
      • March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike ReviewIn the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.
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