well-meant

Speech parts

1. well-meant - Adjective

2. well-meant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

well meant

Synonyms

well-intentioned well-meaning simple square kind friendly ignorant benign benevolent kindly agreeable amicable innocuous gullible congenial
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Antonyms

cold evil hostile unpleasant contentious vicious
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Examples

Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share. Joan Slonczewski

Success, I trust - indeed have little doubt - will crown our zealous and well-meant endeavours: if not, our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone. Horatio Nelson

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem. Joseph Lancaster

a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter Source: Internet

a well-meaning but tactless fellow Source: Internet

the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

well-meaning well-meaningly well-meaningness well-merited well-minded well-mined