well-intentioned

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

well-intentioned
    adj 1: marked by good intentions though often producing
           unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy
           waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's
           well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the
           father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant
           criticism" [syn: {well-intentioned}, {well-meaning},
           {well-meant}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Well-intentioned \Well`-in*ten"tioned\, a.
   Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
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         Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the
         wellintentioned party.                   --Macaulay.
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