ill-intentioned

American  

[il-in-ten-shuhnd] / ˈɪl ɪnˈtɛn ʃənd /

adjective

1. having malicious intentions.

   an ill-intentioned criticism that was meant more to hurt than to help.

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Example Sentences

Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Other concerns include reports of ill-intentioned adults targeting children on the platform and the use of misleading techniques to encourage purchases.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It’s not that Garrett is questioning survivors; rather, she’s examining all sides of a campaign for justice, and scrutinizing the cracks in our culture’s response to assault, recesses where ill-intentioned agitators can make themselves comfortable.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2025

Julio César Chávez Jr. seemed disconnected in the early rounds and spent time complaining to the referee about alleged headbutts and ill-intentioned punches from his opponent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

"But you can't have guessed that it was like this ... like Alice in Wonderland, like an ill-intentioned Drury Lane pantomime, like all the dusty futility of Barnum and Bailey's Circus."

From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John