Synonyms for well-intentioned
well-in·ten·tioned

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1. well-intentionedadjective

   Synonyms:
   well-meant, well-meaning

   Antonyms:
   ill-intentioned

2. well-intentionedadjective

   Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.

   Synonyms:
   well-meaning, well-meant

   Antonyms:
   ill-intentioned

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1. well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meantadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   well-meaning, unthreatening, well-meant

   Antonyms:
   unintended

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1. List of paraphrases for "well-intentioned":

   well-meaning, well-meant, well-intended

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1. David Harris:

   I could write a book on our frustration in literally hundreds of meetings with European leaders who, however otherwise well intentioned, refused to grasp the problem staring them -- the anti-Semitic problem staring them in the face, they ducked it they avoided it ... and now 15 years later the problem is so big and so deadly and so rooted that it's going to take a lot more than one eloquent speech by a president or a prime minister.

2. Amber Heard:

   The vast majority of this trial was played out on social media, i think that this trial is an example of that gone haywire, that gone amok, and the jury is not immune to that…I think even for the most well-intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   I understand there are some well-intentioned Democrats and candidates who believe the best way forward is a middle-ground strategy that antagonizes no one, that stands up to nobody and that changes nothing, in my view, that approach is not just bad public policy, but it is a failed political strategy that I fear would end up with the re-election of Donald Trump.

4. Eddie Brummelman:

   It's well-intentioned parenting always, parents always want the best for their child, but sometimes they use practices that without their knowing backfire.

5. James Inhofe:

   The Endangered Species Act has gone from a well-intentioned piece of legislation in the 1970s to one that is dictated by environmental activist groups taking advantage of the adversarial system.