well-intentioned

English

Adjective

well-intentioned (comparative better-intentioned or more well-intentioned, superlative best-intentioned or most well-intentioned)

1. Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.
   • 2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     A 21-Valyrian steel dagger salute to Paddy Considine, who makes his exit from House Of The Dragon this week with a thunderclap of a performance. “The Lord of the Tides” is the swan song for his King Viserys I Targaryen, a well-intentioned but indecisive man who waited until the very last day of his life to flex his royal might.

Synonyms

• well-intended
• well-meant
• well-meaning

Antonyms

• ill-intentioned

Translations

having good intentions

• Dutch: goedbedoeld (nl)
• Finnish: hyväntahtoinen (fi), hyvää tarkoittava
• French: bien intentionné
• German: gut gemeint
• Hungarian: jó szándékú
• Swedish: välment (sv)