ill-intentioned
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Djabal, the protagonist, is the first instance of a character specially fascinating to Browning as an artistic subject: the deceiver of others or of himself who is only partially insincere, and not altogether ill-intentioned.
From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Arthur Symons
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