well-meaning

English

Adjective

well-meaning (comparative more well-meaning, superlative most well-meaning)

With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
The professor is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.
- March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
  In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.

Translations

with good intentions

German: gutmeinender
Italian: benintenzionato
Portuguese: bem-intencionado

Spanish: bienintencionado
Swedish: välmenande, välment

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