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well-intentioned

adjective

well-in·​ten·​tioned ˌwel-in-ˈten(t)-shənd How to pronounce well-intentioned (audio)

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Most folks are smart, capable, and well-intentioned. Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2025 Better yet, over yoga (where everybody but her gets a mat), Britani even describes bringing up the accusation as well-intentioned. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025 However well-intentioned at the time, those sentences and their translations were presented from a perspective outside the Gullah Geechee community rather than from within it. Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025 Anderson does not succumb to what so many well-intentioned, progressive filmmakers do. Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for well-intentioned

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of well-intentioned was in 1598

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“Well-intentioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-intentioned. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.

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