Usually means: Aiming for good with actions.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word well-intentioned:

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  1. well-intentioned: Merriam-Webster
  2. well-intentioned: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. well-intentioned, well-intentioned: Collins English Dictionary
  4. well-intentioned: Vocabulary.com
  5. Well-intentioned, well-intentioned: Wordnik
  6. well-intentioned: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. well-intentioned: Wiktionary
  8. well-intentioned: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. well-intentioned: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. well-intentioned: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. well-intentioned: Dictionary.com
  12. well-intentioned: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Well-intentioned: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. well-intentioned: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. well-intentioned: Rhymezone
  16. Well-intentioned: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. well-intentioned: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. well-intentioned: FreeDictionary.org
  19. well-intentioned: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. well-intentioned: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. well-intentioned: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.

Similar:
well-meaning, well-meant, intended, ill-intentioned, mean, misintended, misguided, evil, malicious, misconceived, more...

Opposite:
malicious, malevolent, spiteful, vindictive
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Similar:
well-meaning, well-meant, intended, ill-intentioned, mean, misintended, misguided, evil, malicious, misconceived, more...

Opposite:
malicious, malevolent, spiteful, vindictive



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