"well-meant" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:",
          "text": "When a loved aunt has sweated herself to the bone trying to save her god-child from the clutches of a New York playboy and learns that all her well-meant efforts have gone blue on her, it's only natural for her late brother's son to shudder in sympathy.",
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        "Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences."
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          "intention",
          "intention"
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        {
          "word": "well-intentioned"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "word": "goedbedoeld"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "word": "welgemeend"
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "word": "jeih-chreeagh"
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "word": "خوش نیت"
        }
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      "word": "well-intentioned"
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      "word": "goedbedoeld"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "خوش نیت"
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