intentioned

[in-ten-shuhnd]

adjective

1. having particular or specified intentions (often used in combination).

   a well-intentioned person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intentioned¹

First recorded in 1640–50; intention + -ed ³

Example Sentences

I think that the people who are offering conversion therapy are well intentioned.

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Australia's push to ban children from social media is "well intentioned" but will not make them safer online, video streaming giant YouTube warned on Monday.

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The firm's local spokeswoman Rachel Lord told a senate committee the ban was "well intentioned" but would risk "unintended consequences".

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He added: "These are well intentioned people who made a mistake, so I need to be proportionate."

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"Parks and Rec loved to kind of reckon with the fact that despite the very good intentioned and warm-hearted, generous public servant that was Leslie Knope, and the folks who worked for the city, that the city still existed on indigenous land, and therefore had to account for those violences and that history," Prof Sheppard told the BBC.

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