well-meaning
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌwell-ˈmeaning adjective INTENDintending to be helpful, but not succeeding 本意良好的，出于好意的〔但不成功〕 A lot of problems can be caused by well-meaning friends. 很多问题会由好心办坏事的朋友引起。 He’s very well-meaning, but he doesn’t really understand what’s going on. 他本意是很好，但他并不了解情况。
Examples from the Corpus
well-meaning• It was fun being whisked to Plymouth, though she hadn't much in common with this well-meaning but heavy family.• And what would be the fate of these creatures once they were sold to well-meaning but probably ignorant people?• It was a well-meaning effort to help the poor.• This well-meaning law will have little effect on the type of owner at whom it is primarily aimed.• Alas, even the most well-meaning opera buffs have an unfortunate habit of making their favorite indoor sport sound impossibly complicated.• Even well-meaning parents cannot protect their children from everything.• In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.• There are a lot of well-meaning people in this who worship Ross Perot.• Well-meaning relatives gave me all kinds of advice.• In her well-meaning way, she always put the best face on everything, whether it was true or not.• Yet the whole magazine is like this, an expensive, well-meaning, worthless blast of hot air.ˌwell-ˈmeaning adjectiveChineseSyllable
not Corpus helpful, intending to be but succeeding
well-meaning
ˌwell-ˈmeaning
adjective
intending to be helpful, but not succeeding:
A lot of problems can be caused by well-meaning friends.
He’s very well-meaning, but he doesn’t really understand what’s going on.
ˌwell-ˈmeaning
adjectiveintending to be helpful, but not succeeding: