well-meaning

[ wel-mee-ning ]

/ ˈwɛlˈmi nɪŋ /

meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.

Also well-meant

[wel-ment] /ˈwɛlˈmɛnt/. proceeding from good intentions: Her well-meaning words were received in silence.

Origin of well-meaning

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

A lot of those people were well-meaning but really, really screwed up.

A Few Great Men Too Many: Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think You Can Handle the Truth |Arthur Chu |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
All of this makes even the most well-meaning junior soldier more confused and more uptight.

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Exploitation from well-meaning agencies whose mission is to offer help is counterproductive.

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And yet even for the most well-meaning parent, there are no guarantees.

Why Parents Can Still End Up Lonely |Keli Goff |June 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The authors of the top 50 list explain how a well-meaning idea got out of control.

Why We’re Not Ranking Rabbis |Gary Ginsberg, Michael Lynton, Abigail Pogrebin |February 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The girl whom he had taken to himself was a well-meaning little thing.

Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete |Lyndon Orr
Friendly, well-meaning, and fumbling hands will stretch out to bind the poet's heart in the maddening pack-thread of Lilliput.

Plum Pudding |Christopher Morley
The services of the Para, who was a well-meaning rascal, were rather singular, and not at all indispensable.

Brownies and Bogles |Louise Imogen Guiney
The well-meaning landlady advised Sarah to go back home and get her parents consent before she married.

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons |L.A. Abbott
But Socrates replied to his well-meaning friend, "Think you I have not spent my whole life in preparing for this one thing?"

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 |Elbert Hubbard

well-meaning

having or indicating good or benevolent intentions, usually with unfortunate results