intentioned

Speech parts

1. intentioned - Adjective

2. intentioned - Verb

Meaning

Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.

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Examples

The do-good liberal who said we have to take care of everybody -- and they are well intentioned -- the more debt they run up to give to the poor, the poorer the people get because they cannot keep up. Ron Paul

Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women - however well intentioned originally - have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family. Martha Griffiths

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. Jean de La Bruyère

For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. Thomas Edison

It’s well intentioned, I say, but could he see some people might not find it pretentious, but intimidating? Source: Internet

For me, Mr. Arata’s thinly veiled, derisive usage of the term “Obamacare” calls his credibility into question and renders the remainder of his points, no matter how well intentioned, moot. Source: Internet

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