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. Joseph Perrone:

   She’s well intentioned, but there’s a problem when she scares her readership by giving them misleading information, almost every chemical sounds dangerous when you pronounce it.

2. Loren Paul:

   While the Dash for the Cash may have been well-intentioned, it only underscores the fact that educators don’t have the resources necessary to meet the needs of their students, as a state, we shouldn’t be forcing teachers to crawl around on an ice rink to get the money they need to fund their classrooms.

3. Chyke Doubeni:

   I think it's all well-intentioned, but unfortunately, it doesn't always begin with an end in mind.

4. Amy Peikoff:

   Individuals should not be outsourcing their critical thinking toanyone — whether another individual, a company … or a government official, how has the West come to distrust the individual in such a fundamental way ? An appeal to authority is, as basic logic tells us, a fallacy. It is not the road to salvation, no matter how well intentioned.

5. 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.