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What does well-meaning mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word well-meaning? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
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Society became flooded with well-meaning do-gooders who bumbled about in the most hopeless manner.
Thus, there was little a well-meaning band of foreign do-gooders could achieve by meddling.
And it is David's well-meaning employment of Sheila as a secretary that leads to his ruination.
When even well-meaning people get together in hierarchical, committee-rich structures, they do beastly things and call it progress.
What politician is going to call what the public perceives to be a well-meaning group of tragedy-stricken widows a gang of frauds and liars?
Now, thanks to a well-meaning TV movie from the USA Network, we get a historical docudrama about this flamboyant, fearless leader.

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