"well-intentioned" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ill-intentioned"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "better-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more well-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "best-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most well-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "better-intentioned",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "best-intentioned"
      },
      "expansion": "well-intentioned (comparative better-intentioned or more well-intentioned, superlative best-intentioned or most well-intentioned)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results."
      ],
      "id": "en-well-intentioned-en-adj-G7UFOKLV",
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "well-intended"
        },
        {
          "word": "well-meant"
        },
        {
          "word": "well-meaning"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "well-intentioned"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ill-intentioned"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "better-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more well-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "best-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most well-intentioned",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "better-intentioned",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "best-intentioned"
      },
      "expansion": "well-intentioned (comparative better-intentioned or more well-intentioned, superlative best-intentioned or most well-intentioned)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English parasynthetic adjectives",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "well-intended"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-meant"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-meaning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "well-intentioned"
}