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• s  not unfriendly or threatening
  her well-meaning words were received in silence
  the exasperation of a...well-meaning cow worried by dogs
• s  marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results
  a well-meaning but tactless fellow
  the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm

• For behind him Anastas Mikoyan left scores of well-meaning Americans who, failing to realize that he had not backed up an inch on any basic Kremlin position (see box), had mistaken .
• The early eugenicists were usually well-meaning and progressive types.
• The official site of the studio that created Wallace, the hapless yet well-meaning, cheese-loving inventor, and Gromit, his faithful canine companion, is a treasure trove of .

• unthreatening
• well-intentioned
• well-meant

News & Articles

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• The dark future of cellphone bans?
  As with all authoritarian, dystopian societies, this one starts with something relatively reasonable and well-meaning. The year is 2015, only two years after the town of Chapel Hill reinstates a ban on most cellphone use while operating a vehicle.
  June 13, 2013 - The Daily Tar Heel
• Bill Cosby's 'Tough Love' Message for Blacks
  His advice is well-meaning but ignores institutional problems that affect African Americans, says author Marc W. Polite
  June 12, 2013 - Time Magazine
• Michael A. Brown has the pictures to prove it
  It's not just about the two huge wads of cash that's disappointing about Michael Brown. It's the fact that, like many people, I thought deep down Brown was a well-meaning public servant with a few personal issues that eventually he would grow out of.
  June 11, 2013 - Washington Post

Quotes

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• Louis Brandeis in Business Wire (press release)
  In speaking of the value of the First Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding."
• Raymond Domenech in ESPN
  The whole of France being well-meaning and so quick to make moral [judgements] found no fault with the accusations of Mr Parreira,Domenech told the committee. "It is important for me to defend the image of the France team. I probably did...
• Daniel Inouye in FOX News
  Well-meaning citizens come up to me almost every day saying, 'Why spend money saving a seal? Don't we have enough?'Inouye said at the aquarium. "I want my grandsons and ...... granddaughters to see a monk seal _ a live one, not a toy, not...