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well-meant en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.
   • When a loved aunt has sweated herself to the bone trying to save her god-child from the clutches of a New York playboy and learns that all her well-meant efforts have gone blue on her, it's only natural for her late brother's son to shudder in sympathy. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

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Synonyms

well-intentioned

Translations (4)

nl welgemeend (having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences) · fa خوش نیت (having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences) · gv jeih-chreeagh (having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences) · nl goedbedoeld (having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences)