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Similar words: meaningdemeaningby all meansmeaningfulmeaninglessmeaningfullypell-mellleaningMeaning: adj. 1. not unfriendly or threatening 2. marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results. 
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1. He is a well-meaning but ineffectual leader.
2. I know he's well-meaning, but I wish he'd leave us alone.
3. A lot of problems can be caused by well-meaning friends.
4. The system, though well-meaning, is open to abuse.
5. Even well-meaning attempts at conservation can bring problems.
6. He's very well-meaning, but he doesn't really understand what's going on.
7. She's very well-meaning, but she only makes the situation worse.
8. Winning meant post-race parties, hobnobbing with well-meaning sponsors.
9. I identify with the well-meaning compassion.
10. Even well-meaning parents cannot protect their children from everything.
11. Without laws, thoughtful policy statements are merely well-meaning rhetoric.
12. It was a well-meaning effort to help the poor.
13. Well-meaning relatives gave me all kinds of advice.
14. They were an elderly and well-meaning couple who appeared very protective towards her.
15. But surely this smacks of charity; well-meaning but in many cases misguided.
16. This well-meaning law will have little effect on the type of owner at whom it is primarily aimed.
17. This statement will anger many well-meaning vegetarians and vegans[sentencedict.com], but they must face the biological facts.
18. There are a lot of well-meaning people in this who worship Ross Perot.
19. Turned out that some well-meaning wally had given it a tankful of unleaded two-star.
20. What should stop is the paternalistic and well-meaning indulgence of the sub-culture of thuggery.sentencedict.com/well-meaning.html
21. In her well-meaning way, she always put the best face on everything, whether it was true or not.
22. Aid agencies say that although well-meaning, the volunteers are threatening official relief work by making aid lorries vulnerable to attack.
23. We can debate all we want over funding for this or that well-meaning government program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.
24. Most black dance students of the time tended to be steered by well-meaning teachers into the more welcoming field of modern dance.
25. Mr Cottle looked up, his eyes beseeching Mary Ann to find another object for her well-meaning pity.
26. In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.
27. The trip was to become the epitome of the affair: misconceived, well-meaning, disastrous, courageous, deceptive and surreal.
28. Indeed, the governments of the region seem quite ungrateful when the well-meaning secretary of state turns up on their doorsteps.
29. The World Bank presidency has a habit of surrounding its occupants with a warm, well-meaning aura.
30. As it was, it was impossible for even the most servile and well-meaning to avoid offence.
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