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"well meaning" Definitions
  1. intending to do what is right and helpful but often not succeeding

983 Sentences With "well meaning"

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Strange lines of enmity had been drawn: well-meaning advocates for the disadvantaged up against well-meaning progressive business owners.
Just as in 1963, when many well-meaning whites glanced about and couldn't see a problem, many well-meaning whites look around today, see a black president, and declare problem solved.
Friends, loved-ones, colleagues, well-meaning strangers, less-well-meaning strangers, the clerk at the grocery store, and the woman who waxed my legs that one time have all weighed in on the issue.
But well-meaning humans are sometimes bigger threats than they realize.
California's well-meaning, but hectoring, stand will not help with that.
Even when well-meaning, a rushed response can make things trickier.
Lexi's dad was well meaning but couldn't hold down a job.
Even when such criticisms are well-meaning, they miss the point.
This advice was well-meaning and some may even say pragmatic.
It's a situation of well-meaning intentions, but negative unintended consequences.
He's very very well meaning, at least compared to most people.
It doesn't matter how intelligent, woke, or well-meaning you are.
The well-meaning star with little experience of the real world.
Throughout the film, Tom is portrayed as bumbling but well-meaning.
And it's the kind this well-meaning documentary needs more of.
As well meaning as Nixon is, she is utterly without experience.
Well-meaning but cavalier recommendations risk harming, not helping, public health.
Mowry believes it could have a history with well-meaning humans.
Motherless Deming is eventually taken in by a well-meaning couple.
The sheet masks are gifts from well-meaning friends and relatives.
But none of these well-meaning methods employ violence, of course.
And these messages aren't confined to well-meaning relatives and kindly salesclerks.
Spotify's well-meaning but poorly executed policy has reportedly had mixed results.
Intolerance can be insidious, and well-meaning people can do hateful things.
It seemed like a wellmeaning effort to win friends for Facebook.
A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
Yes, even by you, or your incompetent but well-meaning significant other.
In second place is the anatomically incorrect but well-meaning red heart.
Even knowing that, many well-meaning people fell for the Takei story.
They were gifts from myself, other family members, and well-meaning friends.
And Raven appears to be playing a well-meaning if bumbling mom.
The politics that allows this is, of course, a well-meaning one.
China welcomes all well-meaning suggestions, but we reject all groundless accusations.
A well-meaning Congress, unfortunately, pursues policies that hurt the most vulnerable.
Their proliferation has been helped by funding from well-meaning American evangelicals.
When the griping begins, parents often step in with well-meaning suggestions.
"These are groups of the most well-meaning, altruistic individuals," he said.
One version of that question is a well meaning, come on. Right.
There are a lot of well-meaning people with power in Hollywood.
A journey with diverse and well-meaning people is a slow haul.
A well-meaning greenhorn West Pointer runs into a psychopathic platoon sergeant.
Even adults in positions of authority — decent, well-meaning adults — make mistakes.
This is practical and well meaning but also sort of a shame.
He was a hodgepodge of eclectic, quirky but bright and well-meaning.
There's an impulse here that's probably well meaning but results in stereotyping.
Reporters, even the well-meaning ones, he thinks, don't have a clue.
Not every well-meaning American will engage in a protracted political struggle.
Our well-meaning sanctions may be inflicting pain on the wrong people.
There is a risk that well-meaning change may make matters worse.
That information overload can tempt many well-meaning people to tune out.
Bourdain was also special in the genuine respect he showed his hosts -- which didn't mean being obsequious or fawning, as some well-meaning travelers are, or condescending and arrogant, the way many less-well-meaning travelers can be.
ARMO: Well, meaning, just like Gary just said, corporations haven&apost even filed.
Contemporary researchers and well-meaning DSM editors aren't to blame for this mess.
Even people who are otherwise well-meaning can inadvertently offend with their assumptions.
It's a place where people could ask well-meaning questions about sex work.
Ultimately, Kris's well-meaning suggestions are understandable — she is a momager, after all.
Well-meaning people will tell you to slow down and continuously assess yourself.
This may seem obvious, but some well-meaning owners just don't get it.
It's often well-meaning people who don't, on the surface, have racial issues.
Sometimes even the most well-meaning and tech savvy parentals can slip up.
The guidelines face opposition from well-meaning groups representing patients with serious diseases.
Government intervention in the markets while well-meaning often leads to unintended consequences.
Even the most well-meaning depictions of Egypt aren't free from this legacy.
Lately, we are seeing something of a self-reckoning among well-meaning men.
It described an obnoxious, if basically well-meaning, young, white, male Sanders supporter.
It'll require more than well-meaning doctors and nurses to fix these problems.
Well-meaning Americans have eagerly opened their wallets to nonprofit organizations and charities.
Ms. Siegel also explains how the efforts of well-meaning parents can backfire.
However well meaning the FCC was with its approach, two obvious negatives exist.
The well-meaning artwork is not sheltered by the context of the institution.
One view of such a personality is that it's innocent and well-meaning.
Mr Trump later praised the "well meaning" officials who had anticipated his wishes.
It was a well-meaning effort, but it failed to win many friends.
The Jewish characters are well-meaning but clueless, like Carlin's white liberal cabdriver.
Amid all that stress, it's easy for well-meaning adults to make missteps.
Even well-meaning efforts at transparency don't always work that way for women.
Well-meaning executives often ask me what female candidates want from prospective employers.
As annoying as these comments may be, they often come from well-meaning people.
This is further proof that even the most well-meaning matchmaking attempts can fail.
Sometimes by promoters, sometimes by well meaning people caught up in the hype themselves.
LONDON — Sometimes, even the most well-meaning tributes can come across a bit odd.
Even though you might be surrounded by well-meaning people, like doctors and others.
Whether these well-meaning words can result in effective action is the lingering question.
She is a good person; I have to believe her intentions are well-meaning.
They make it clear that Mavis isn't some well-meaning kook; she's genuinely destructive.
Or you just want to vent about a problem without getting well-meaning advice!
Only the well-meaning teen journalist Peter Maldanaldo​ (Tyler Alvarez) can uncover the truth!
" Their son Brock's sign read, "I love my (annoying but well-meaning) straight parents!
LeBlanc perfectly captured the well-meaning, but often-clueless, actor and all his quirks.
Like other government bureaucracies, FDA is staffed with well-meaning but fallible human beings.
This advice from mentors is often well meaning and meant to be a compliment.
And you've got Democrats out there again well-meaning Democrats saying Medicare for all.
Even well-meaning attempts to harness data analysis for the greater good can backfire.
In "Sleeping Beauty," the bumbling, well-meaning fairies are named Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.
"Often we see activities that are well meaning, but not well planned," he said.
Moore, a longtime anarchist, saw no answer to fascism in any well-meaning liberalism.
President Obama even joined the chorus of well-meaning people who repeated this phrase.
Even supposedly well-meaning productions put big names and box office numbers over authenticity.
Her old magazine closed, and well-meaning friends warned her about making a fuss.
It is exacerbated by well-meaning but misguided housing policies championed by urban liberals.
I tried to talk to some of my well-meaning white friends about this.
Perceptions and the limitations they invite leave GAIKA unsettled, even when seemingly well meaning.
No. Even if Bernie's intentions are well meaning, is his debt cancelation policy moral?
There is Roy Scheider's Sheriff Brody: apprehensive, well-meaning, but out of his depth.
Even her well-meaning nurse advises her to move on with life and marry.
As well meaning as this movie is, it is also a turgid, muddled one.
Well-meaning state regulations would backfire, creating a disruptive, paralyzing chaos for everyone involved.
Well-meaning clichés, such as patient victims and righteous heroes, are absent as well.
A thoughtful, illuminated "Do Not Disturb" sign ensures even well-meaning attendants won't come a'knockin'.
A thoughtful, illuminated "Do Not Disturb" sign ensures even well-meaning attendants won't come a'knockin'.
Inequality isn't wiped away by being well-meaning, and racism can't be solved through kindness.
Nor can the advice you get from friends and the myriad of well-meaning strangers.
I also had so many questions that most of my well-meaning friends couldn't answer.
Even a well-meaning clarinet player's life is now "derailed" by some high-level scamming.
Judge Teare allowed that Anna was, by most accounts, a well-meaning and empathic person.
At least they'll know you're not pocketing cash in place of their well-meaning present.
Well-meaning but ill-conceived wars to change odious regimes have sometimes gone badly wrong.
And ratepayers have retail choice as well, meaning they can choose their own power provider.
Well-meaning people get things wrong on the internet; malevolent actors sometimes get things right.
Hard because the outside voices of (mostly) well meaning advisors can overwhelm and confuse me.
Sometimes it begins with an aside from a well-meaning gynecologist — or one's impatient parents.
I know enough now to advise well-meaning people to pause before offering kind words.
He also cites apartheid to argue hypocrisy on the part of well-meaning meat-eaters.
Well-meaning activists applaud these efforts, but is there really any reason to avoid GMOs?
Or is urban farming just a well-meaning but ultimately insignificant hobby for urban elites?
Then we move on to Connie, a well-meaning white teacher in a wine bar.
Human nature and common sense dictate that, despite the well-meaning resolution circulated by Sen.
And the protective instincts of well-meaning outsiders trigger an urgent, and distinctively Amish, crisis.
Trump's actions may be criminal, but they are excusable because he's a well-meaning idiot.
Serve jail timeWhile jail is unusual for most well-meaning citizens, it is a possibility.
We need to engage our well-meaning doctors with efforts to curb the opioid epidemic.
Another round of news cycles, with well-meaning people on both sides pressing their case.
" But the company isn't budging, though a spokesperson said they appreciate the "well-meaning advice.
Despite the aliens' apparent benevolence and well-meaning, their advanced technology rapidly destroys Earth's economy.
It's well-meaning, but usually counterproductive and even dangerous, writer Lauren Rankin explained at Cosmopolitan.
However well meaning the Harvard team's recommendations — who doesn't want a kinder, gentler, fairer admissions process?
As Aldrich sees it, part of the problem is well-meaning activists who oppose animal research.
These are the well-meaning actors, creators, and agencies who have already vowed to do better.
Sometimes a well-meaning friend will try to soothe me by saying I'm just having anxiety.
Well meaning festival goers taking down fences so that we have some grass to drive on.
We can promise this is much better than that bizarre-but-well-meaning slideshow he made.
But I doubt those well-meaning white teachers really believed it applied to people like me.
In the wrong situation, it warns, even a well-meaning apology could interrupt someone's healing process.
Noelle is a stressed-out star student, and Akarsha is a well meaning agent of chaos.
Sometimes appointing even well-meaning relatives or family friends increases the likelihood of friction between heirs.
That simple equation tends to spell doom for even the most well-meaning, recovering cinematic addicts.
Well-meaning it may be, but this ersatz accountability is ill-suited to times of crisis.
Did Britney Spears just rightfully shut down an Instagram troll or quash a well-meaning fan?
It's easy to be led astray by well-meaning retail associates eager to make a sale.
Across the country, in many well-meaning Alzheimer's units, memory care residents are treated with confinement.
At least that's how most scenes play out in this well-meaning yet nuance-free film.
Well-meaning conservatives would articulate their own priorities but remain sympathetic to those being left behind.
People are in an excited mood, so some exaggerations may take place, but, they're well meaning.
Sources say the cousins get along well, meaning a good foundation exists for a tacit triumvirate.
Many personal lives are simply boring, and works with well-meaning politics can be very bad.
That's a complex and difficult question, one that reasonable and well-meaning people can disagree about.
We must resist the well-meaning impulse to improve the lives of menstruating girls through consumption.
Lots of well-meaning programs backfire, do nothing, or are worse than just giving people money.
But why do our well-meaning efforts to advise our teenagers often get a chilly reception?
And the inevitable sentimental journey into lesson-learning gets lost in swamps of well-meaning equivocation.
For sustenance, they relied on food donated by local governments, civic groups and well-meaning people.
It seems even the guilt-ridden and well-meaning Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) is a suspect.
Well-meaning reformers may take the same misstep in education, law enforcement and other handicraft services.
Those well-meaning advocates for another option can't simply wish a strong independent candidacy into existence.
I have had to redraft this tweet 3x because #MayorPete well-meaning ignorance is so upsetting.
The trifecta of well-meaning but cringey tweets was complete and was thus memed to oblivion.
However many tentative, well-meaning gestures Claire and Jamie make, the bridge between them keeps crumbling.
A foolish journey will come to an unfortunate end, no matter how well meaning the reasons.
Because, though a majority of teachers are dedicated, well-meaning mentors, rogue teachers are a threat.
"They're well meaning, but they started this whole thing by saying pain was undertreated," he said.
My friends reminded me to practice self-care, a well-meaning comment that I found unintelligible.
Anyone who's sat with a slightly racist, well-meaning uncle over Thanksgiving dinner knows the feeling.
Yes, it may be well-meaning, but it sure as hell gets annoying and hurtful to hear.
Do you have advice for well-meaning men who run things, about how to improve the workplace?
Because those (seemingly) well-meaning yet spineless responses only ensure one thing: that this will keep happening.
We're all familiar with Silicon Valley's mythological image of the tech founder: brilliant, nerdy, eccentric, well-meaning.
Now it just makes you wish real-life Silicon Valley CEOs were as well-meaning as Richard.
However well-meaning, this new form of collective capitalism will end up doing more harm than good.
Each year, thousands of well-meaning Christians invest their money, time, energy, and other resources into adoption.
Right now, I think is the best time I've seen for people that really are well-meaning.
Even if your friends are well-meaning, if they're thin there are things they just don't get.
My mother was bombarded with the well-meaning questions typically lobbed at immigrants: Where's your accent from?
He's been, for the most part, a well-meaning and likable ambassador for games as a medium.
But creators' concerns that YouTube's experiments — even if well-meaning — could hurt their potential revenue isn't unfounded.
But the real magic of this clip comes from immersing yourself in its corny, well-meaning mayhem.
And while Trump insists he wasn't involved, he still praised the "well meaning" intentions of whoever did.
Some of Lady Dynamite's most pointed moments come when well-meaning people confront Maria as she spirals.
Of course, well-meaning family and family friends also tried to give me Chinese fairy tale books.
People thought our campaign was well-meaning, sure, but realistically they couldn't believe it would ever happen.
As with most any (comedic) Wiig character, Pamela is a little spacey, well-meaning but self-absorbed.
Sometimes, well-meaning but ignorant straight people like to question why queer people even have a culture.
Gene is a well-meaning sad sack, a mere satellite to the supernova that is his wife.
If all goes well -- meaning big sales -- he wants to fund more research for medical cannabis uses.
Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.
As she often points out in her writings and speaking engagements, that well-meaning phrase can backfire.
Politics attracts the least well-meaning and least talented people because the political sphere has been devalued.
A well-meaning donor sent 50 pizzas; Mr. Alberts had them thrown out, fearing a terrorist's poison.
Imagine two well-meaning teams, a sales team and a marketing team, both planning next year's budget.
Online and in real life, well-meaning people speak glowingly about leaving a certain tumultuous decade behind.
"Even if someone is well-meaning, they may not have the reaction you're looking for," Bearden says.
The tenor Alexander Nesterenko's virile voice and noble bearing were ideal for the well-meaning Prince Sinodal.
Well-meaning Americans (and Europeans and Australians) do exactly that when they volunteer at and support orphanages.
He is well meaning, upright and blissfully unaware that there is no quick fix for caste discrimination.
Like many well-meaning Left-leaning white men, I was cast into the wilderness that somber night.
Amy's well-meaning parents (Lisa Kudrow and Will Forte) have long assumed that Molly is her girlfriend.
They're told by well-meaning people that until they can forgive, they'll hold on to the anger.
But the well-meaning religious offerings of sugary drinks and fatty foods are having unintended health consequences.
That idea that a well-meaning action can go horribly awry became a foundation of "Simpsons" humor.
Some ambassador programs involve formal contracts that may take advantage of well-meaning teachers, legal experts said.
How much of this false information is intentional trickery or well-meaning confusion is difficult to know.
The well-meaning individual saw their U.S. Marine Corps bumper sticker and wanted to thank the veteran.
In all the cases, the car hacks were the work of well meaning, white hat security researchers.
His story about pinning a medal on a Navy captain was, if well-meaning, rife with inaccuracies.
South African voters are already tiring of a well-meaning president who cannot keep the lights on.
Little Women director Greta Gerwig was snubbed as well, meaning every best director nominee is a man.
America, the diminished great power seeking to reassert itself or America, the well-meaning work-in-progress.
No matter how outwardly benign and well-meaning, the potential to abuse offers of humanitarian aid exists.
Of course Kate is now sensitive to everything her mom says, even when it's well-meaning or benign.
Maybe in our well-meaning desire to protect a thing we love, we've played right into its hands.
"I don't want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I've ignored their concerns," he wrote.
And change does not mean publishing another well-meaning brochure or e-mail blast about anti-harassment policies.
And so here we are, sitting with a piece of well-meaning legislation that does satisfy national needs.
Image: Marc Myrsell/FacebookTwo seal pups died in separate incidents recently after humans—no doubt well-meaning individuals!
No longer a dictator, he is a well-meaning but pompous honcho with a weakness for the limelight.
It happens among family and friends and mentors, maybe even among well-meaning family and friends and mentors.
Which is roughly where a swath of well-meaning America seems to be after Donald Trump's election win.
Delayed flights are a bummer, especially ones that are caused by well-meaning humans doing things they shouldn't.
However casually you frame it, a porn career isn't 'normal,' and even well-meaning people often react childishly.
Pity the well meaning health secretary, pity the hardworking doctors—and blame the sentimental but hypocritical British public.
It's more horrifying to view the accident as the outcome of a well-meaning but overbearing mother's actions.
"She was just a well-meaning person that got up in something way over her head," Moore said.
Their origin could be a yankee swap seven years ago, an ex-lover, or a well-meaning grandma.
As with all other well-meaning algorithms, this one is designed with you and only you in mind.
However well-meaning the host, there are sometimes health risks related to eating something you don't normally consume.
Opponents of the California state-run retirement plan said that while well meaning, the bill itself is flawed.
While well meaning, the final rule will make credit more expensive and less accessible to low-income borrowers.
On this front, our elected representatives, and even the current, well-meaning top VA leadership, have fallen short.
Donna, a ditzy but well-meaning high schooler, undergoes a significant transformation throughout the course of the series.
I just want to say we had a good, quiet, but useful and well-meaning conversation in there.
It'd be funny, and inconsequential, if so many otherwise well-meaning people didn't parrot their baseless talking points.
Throughout my childhood, well-meaning adults told me that my race and my heritage weren't supposed to matter.
Panhandling was a business, and children were recruited specifically to appeal to unknowing, well-meaning suckers like me.
Now, many of us know Petty as well-meaning, schizophrenic inmate Lolly on Orange Is the New Black.
" He added, "I don't want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I've ignored their concerns.
Everyone who comes by to help, including a chicken and an elephant, is full of well-meaning advice.
"The initial response from a lot of well-meaning politicians was one of two things," Ms. Lake said.
In other words, your well-meaning attempts to tout your family's achievements might rub people the wrong way.
Well-meaning professors and administrators showed the same lack of understanding for the plight of the working learner.
Many of these laws are well-meaning, but their proliferation creates a real risk and a real cost.
There also emerged well-meaning feminist doubt about whether this new dynamic made women more free at all.
Despite well-meaning intentions, we risk worsening the situation on the ground and exacerbating tensions that already exist.
Most of his supporters are good, well-meaning people, but the "Bernie Bros" are real, pernicious and legion.
And who, as well-meaning people sometimes do, would issue a "trigger warning" to survivors of gun violence?
Too many people — well-meaning people on both the left and right — have grown complacent about nationalist bigotry.
Likewise, the well-meaning yet ill-equipped government should not stifle the IoT security market's potential for growth.
Once again, a well-meaning comment, in this case a compliment, creates the impression that you're being critical.
Liz Krueger (D), the bill's sponsor, said the governor's logic, even if well meaning, did not make sense.
That it is a well-meaning but wrong myth, to say that you can do all these things.
One well-meaning kitty owner obviously saw the video of a man dressing up as his dog's favorite toy.
WP: When they were young, well-meaning relatives were showering the kids with things, and it drove me nuts.
The figures are only preliminary as well, meaning they might slightly change by the time of the final report.
Mean Girls (2004) has well-meaning parents and teachers, but the life lessons are still up to the kids.
And, while there are certainly some well-meaning workplaces, many trans and gender nonconforming people still don't feel welcome.
And rising national hate crime statistics frequently cited by well-meaning nonprofits and media outlets are not above criticism.
Fifteen years ago, Harvard's Ad Board faced a bright kid who seemed well-meaning despite a serious fuck-up.
"Why Kate Middleton Is Eager to Be Back in the Royal Spotlight," begins a well-meaning essay from E!
I've heard many well-meaning people say that women inherently have qualities that make them well suited to directing.
The problem is that the show never really presents stories that are as sophisticated as they are well-meaning.
Standard deviations from the mean age increased as well, meaning we're seeing a wider age range in Olympic swimmers.
As more women came forward, well-meaning but unobservant men could no longer ignore sexism as a systemic problem.
But it is still problematic in that well-meaning tourists aren't aware of the link between the two properties.
It follows us from the news headlines to the dinner table with our very own well-meaning older relatives.
Black Americans can't make the changes our nation needs without the help over well meaning well educated white people.
In a letter, provided to us by Row, the company said they deem his actions to be well-meaning.
This Agent Cooper encounters plenty of well-meaning people who are perplexed by Dougie's seeming inability to form words.
In the well-meaning fantastical universe, I would make sense of Cooper's Dougie takeover as a karmic helping hand.
I am sure that often more damage is done by creating, through well-meaning crusades of enlightenment, innumerable hypochondriacs.
The most beautiful thing about Maria Bamford is she is so well-meaning, and the world lets her down.
It was born from the entirely well-meaning impulse to give voters a clearer choice between left and right.
But that codification would end in six years as well, meaning NSA could potentially resume the activity in 2023.
Upon hearing it, well-meaning people barrage me with stories from middle school and clips of Nathan for You.
Finding Lolly sitting inside this symbol, Healy (Michael Harney), the prison counselor, gives her a well-meaning, paternalistic speech.
When Kelsey Formost started her business, well-meaning friends and connections started asking to "pick her brain" over coffee.
I understand that well-meaning friends and family think offering compliments about moms' bodies might make them feel better.
Like Davis, he believes it's too dangerous for schools, regardless of well-meaning efforts to make the game safer.
Regulations around bitcoin vary by country as well, meaning some places require exchanges to follow stricter guidelines than others.
The researchers saw these in the fossils as well, meaning their fur had been filled with the reddish pigment.
How could words possibly bridge the chasm that loss had cleaved between the bereaved and the well-meaning mourners?
Compare that to her "Life of the Party" character, who is well-meaning, universally loved and (naturally) less funny.
But we also have thoughts on how to make sure that well-meaning efforts to help are actually helpful.
Like The Seven—indeed, like all superheroes—Butcher and the rest of the well-meaning group are essentially vigilantes.
No matter how well meaning the officers, the default position for any bureaucracy will inevitably be to withhold documents.
After a while, it became a bit of a joke; a well-meaning, affectionate one, but a joke nonetheless.
But well-meaning conflict seems an inherent outcome of those different points of view colliding on the same platform.
" Even if well-meaning, the implication and assumption in these comments are the same: "You're not a real American.
As read by George Guidall and Sally Darling, they are wry and well-meaning and hopeless and entirely alive.
The Wounded Warrior Project said the alleged activity has caused well-meaning supporters to second-guess their giving practices.
The galaxy is also plagued by well-meaning but short-sighted digital censorship — and its consequences can be dire.
Early in his tenure, Buttigieg was confronted with the ways in which well-meaning policies can have unintended impacts.
Perhaps well-meaning but often incompetent — and perhaps, occasionally, corrupt — leaders are making these cities dangerous, uninhabitable and unsustainable.
Well-meaning Americans take some of the cats to Chicago, converting them to indoor pets, with decidedly mixed results.
At first, I thought that what we have is a well-meaning but flawed series, wasting its several strengths.
" But these are well-meaning people who are like, "We don't know that we just can't make them legal.
The 34-year-old actress plays a well-meaning mother who buys her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll.
She was not informed because the courts and law enforcement, though well-meaning, had no obligation to keep her informed.
Even if the intentions here are well-meaning, it's easy to imagine how such a system could have dangerous implications.
She points to well-meaning efforts to implement procedures to make sure that pain was not under-treated in hospitals.
In many cases, improvements—such as proper piped water—brought in by well-meaning outsiders are vandalised by the cartels.
The app is gamified as well, meaning players collect points, badges and other achievements as they progress in the app.
So when very little explicit protest music was released in 2017, a bevy of well-meaning left-liberal critics screamed.
A well-meaning ban on hate symbols led to Twitter suspending an academic for promoting his book about hate groups.
Still, it's an interesting result, and it's worth thinking about how it's possible for some well-meaning tactics to backfire.
To no fault of their own, even the most well-meaning people have no idea what to say to you.
How many see a marriage counselor whose well-meaning advice can't fix domestic outbursts that come from damaged frontal lobes?
It's the sound of the Minions left to their own devices away from the (well-meaning) evil genius Felonius Gru.
So pity the well-meaning health secretary, pity the hard-working doctors—and blame the sentimental but hypocritical British public.
I feel anger toward well-meaning allies who offered assurances but ultimately failed to act or take my worries seriously.
As for J.J. himself, he can be— especially when faced with well-meaning if condescending do-gooders — straight-up mean.
Nowadays, I feel sorry for the well-meaning, soon-to-be disillusioned people working those booths, as you should, too.
Could you plausibly wear this shirt without being excoriated by a well-meaning old person in a supermarket checkout line?
Thankfully, these days, we don't have to rely on the well-meaning, but often misguided, advice of the older generation.
We've all taken well-meaning yet terrible advice from loved ones, and made mistakes out of ignorance, shame, or fear.
Outside of genuine satisfaction at Kenny, the well-meaning asshole, dying, I cannot tell you a single thing about it.
Even well-meaning bystanders, like Wakanda, will be pulled in — because to do nothing is to side with the oppressors.
My mom always put the brakes on that question whenever she overheard some well-meaning adult ask me once again.
Queer Eye, now without the "For The Straight Guy" modifier of the original, is unapologetically sincere, sweet, and well-meaning.
And then there's Candy, who was as well-meaning and eager to please in life as he was on-screen.
Although many audience members enjoyed the movie, critics called it out for being well-meaning but ultimately filled with melodrama. 
The failure is a relic of the well-meaning but shortsighted move to deinstitutionalize psychiatric care in the last century.
A discombobulated Joni (a plucky Sarah Chalfie) leaves the venue and is immediately surrounded by friends and well-meaning strangers.
A microaggression is essentially the casual slighting of any marginalized group, often—but not always—by a well-meaning person.
I was offended not by Ms. Bowler's reaction to all the well-meaning, albeit awkward, platitudes that she regularly endures.
"Local boy does good," said a well-meaning docent to a passing tour group during my visit, and I winced.
On it, he perfected a sort of well-meaning but clueless privileged white male archetype, which won him many fans.
The opening flits among the characters, but once the mentally ill but well-meaning Karen shows up, the novel ignites.
One well-meaning white teacher, Aaron Podolner, strains so hard to relate to his black students that it gets awkward.
Myths about back pain are common and can be reinforced by the media and well-meaning clinicians, the authors note.
Even the well-meaning, the most progressive among us blindly tack the phrase onto cultures as varied as the rainbow.
In Yamhill, plenty of well-meaning people were frustrated enough that they took a gamble on a silver-tongued provocateur.
Thousands of tons of recyclables left on the curb by well-meaning Americans have gone into landfills in recent months.
"He remains the immature mischief-maker, a well-meaning dad with the instincts of a reckless kid," Mr. Zinoman writes.
The word "filibuster" sounds silly, like the name of a pompous but ultimately well-meaning character in a Dickens novel.
Tech execs and investors such as LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman responded with well-meaning pledges to clean up the industry.
Strangers on social media told me I should have my kids taken away, and friends expressed their well-meaning concerns.
A growing movement known as "flight shame" and popularized by well-meaning climate activists is gaining momentum around the world.
Rather than a logical conclusion, however, it felt like a well-meaning statement of intent — earnest, but not quite earned.
Unfortunately, a raft of research suggests this well-meaning bill may actually hurt the students it is designed to help.
That is wrong, but it points to another way in which even well meaning wealthy parents can game the system.
And I do believe it was well-meaning because I feel like she felt she had to do the part.
It's a case study in the unforeseen consequences of well-meaning attempts at wildlife conservation, so protective as to be counterproductive.
Whitney Way Thore isn't quite ready to face up to her health scares – despite well-meaning concern from friends and family.
This well-meaning but not well-thought-through gift contributes to why rabbits are the third-most euthanized animals in shelters.
Though we were well-meaning, we walked around shrouded in a holier-than-thou incense cloud of spiritual promise and spirulina.
I remember telling the well-meaning artist what I wanted: glittery lids and glossy lips to go with my ruffled gown.
The police will not protect us; neither will the military, or well-meaning liberals, or your favorite oh-so-progressive politicians.
A club of well-meaning democracies speaking only to one another would have little impact on the rest of the world.
Even when she, say, murders a well-meaning foreign leader and his innocent niece, you should still be rooting for her.
After speaking to Insatiable creator Lauren Guiss, you can only come to one conclusion: she is an overwhelmingly well-meaning individual.
In the letter, Gaga explains the trauma can make everything from taking a shower to interacting with well-meaning fans challenging.
Biden sees the other side as well-meaning but misguided people who, if presented with the right case, can be persuaded.
Most of us have a well-meaning friend who is always pushing the latest wellness trends that they saw on Instagram.
"In my country, social media conspiracy groups confuse well-meaning parents so they hesitate to get the recommended vaccinations," Azar said.
Like a well-meaning but woefully ignorant would-be activist, it wants to tackle serious issues, but doesn't quite know how.
The design house hosting the event said its doctored photo was a well-meaning attempt to get everyone into the picture.
One day a well-meaning Air France operative came up with a brilliant idea: a low-cost subsidiary airline for millennials.
Sifting out those energetically committed to fighting radicalism can be beyond well-meaning but strained local branches of the British state.
These well-meaning doctors had been taught that the priority was curing the disease, and hadn't yet thought of treating symptoms.
"Unfortunately, none of the well-meaning tips or applications of new investigative technology have yielded the necessary proof," the FBI said.
Even the simple and well-meaning rallying cry, Make America Great Again, was deceitfully spun as a base and racist aspiration.
But the notion that well-meaning people on the left might also harbor bias against Jews seems to pass him by.
It has decent image processing and motion resolution as well, meaning your games and action scenes will be free of blur.
Yet, what could threaten their enactment into law — efforts to attach unrelated or extraneous amendments by well-meaning members of Congress.
ObamaCare, attempting to add 25 million new patients to this system, may have been well-meaning, but only exacerbated this problem.
It can't hurt to err on the safe side and remind friends—well-meaning or otherwise—not to touch your screen.
This is a psychological quirk, well known to food manufacturers, that can stymie well-meaning attempts to make processed foods healthier.
His natural talents and outgoing nature caught the attention of well-meaning teachers who fostered his abilities and praised his talents.
There are, after all, far worse things than being pestered by a steady stream of well-meaning comments from your mom.
Members of the well-meaning liberal ruling order were sure they knew what the poor and working class thought and felt.
In fact, every activity in the ship's daily circular reads like the itinerary of a well-meaning but dorky youth minister.
What began as a parent's well-meaning intervention in her child's social affairs morphs for Peter into a developmental flash point.
Of course, you don't want to upset or alienate a well-meaning and perhaps vulnerable parishioner, however problematic he may be.
I can see how easily a well-meaning but ill-placed suggestion makes them want to throw themselves into oncoming traffic.
As my eyes sagged like sad hammocks from under the sweatshirt's hood, my well-meaning circle of friends buzzed with advice.
In the frantic confusion of the rescue operation, the crosscurrents of hundreds of well-meaning personnel sometimes led to frightening miscommunication.
"It's an example of turning public education upside down with well-meaning experiments that don't go well," Mr. Callahan told me.
My case is now being treated in an ideal manner, with trained police and investigators who are attentive and well-meaning.
Well-meaning people have used the photos and videos stored on them to return lost cards found to their rightful owners.
The most unsettling clown I saw this year was not the Joker or Pennywise, but a well-meaning jerk named Nate.
Some well-meaning animal activists are uncomfortable with animals in zoos, calling for animals to be returned to their natural habitat.
But what they may not realize is that they could be the 10th person today to give me "well-meaning" advice.
Even for well-meaning white liberal males in the industry, there are going to be blind spots in achieving meaningful diversity.
Sequoyah is a troubled, quiet kid who ends up in the home of a well-meaning but largely naive white couple.
She also compared her younger self to The Good Place character Jason Mendoza, a well-meaning simpleton played by Manny Jacinto.
As history can attest, well-meaning government and nonprofits aren&apost enough on their own to fix every issue in society.
Even well-meaning systems can perpetuate harmful power dynamics if those of us within them aren't constantly questioning and pushing back.
But those who don't stutter often feel compelled to give speaking advice in a well-meaning but misguided attempt to help.
All we have to do is endorse that well-meaning candidate and organize a volunteer brigade for him on Election Day.
These pop-up cookie notices all over the internet are well-meaning and supposed to promote transparency about your online privacy.
And even the most well-meaning U.S. officials in the country struggle to oversee reconstruction projects, especially as security has deteriorated.
He must be sent to a nursing home, and 13-year-old Ada to the home of her well-meaning neighbor.
She was described by other doctors as a "well-meaning fool", but no one has ever suggested she prescribed for money.
Its essence, we are told, cannot be cracked, hacked, or conclusively mapped by even the most well-meaning of lab coats.
Throughout the season, we see the sneering Pastiche writers cry free speech as well-meaning allies trip over themselves to atone.
Imagine a girl who is planning to put on her warmest coat when her well-meaning mother urges her to bundle up.
Annie returns home, fuming about the thinly masked cruelty of Gabe, weird targeted ads, and even her well-meaning mother (Julia Sweeney).
"Efforts to distance Ms. Dulos from a Gone Girl-type scenario are well-meaning to be sure," Pattis said in the statement.
Because, well-meaning gesture or not, there's still a graphic image sitting pretty on Thorne's Twitter feed, which has 6.5 million followers.
Like many of Silicon Valley's constructs, it's made in the vision of one very wealthy, super-connected, extremely well-meaning tech guy.
Weakening encryption will only hurt consumers and other well-meaning users who rely on companies like Apple to protect their personal information.
But frankly it doesn't matter how well-meaning these top-down edicts are if the end result doesn't make the system safer.
Of course, it's a bit too late for the well-meaning advice, but it doesn't seem like the groom was too upset.
Because a huge number of well-meaning whites fear that they are closet racists, and this book tells them they are not.
Like most pieces of public art, the recreated arch is clearly well-meaning, but it's also a total political and aesthetic failure.
Annie is the reckless-but-well-meaning young single mom of another preternaturally responsible daughter, gender-flouting tween Sadie Marks (Izzy Stannard).
One or two attacks by bad – or even well-meaning – actors can tip them over the edge and ruin them for everyone.
Several years later The Economist dubbed it, perhaps unfairly, "a well-meaning stunt that captured the spirit of the time" (see article).
"You don't look that crazy" and "I'm impressed you don't look worse" were the reactions I got from my well-meaning coworkers.
Weakening encryption will only hurt consumers and other well-meaning users who rely on companies like Apple to protect their personal information.
It must be so hard for you, our well-meaning friends say, that your candidate turned out to be such a flake.
That is, the conflicts themselves will cause intelligent, well-meaning people to debate what it means to behave in a civil manner.
I'm not allowed to lift heavy boxes (or even empty boxes, according to a well-meaning but rather intrusive U-Haul employee).
Big Lobi isn't even close to being the first creature to die after coming into contact with well-meaning but clueless humans.
And without well-meaning parents standing by to nag, they may find it's easier to hide their disordered behaviors in plain sight.
So while you might think your words are well-meaning, the reason behind someone's weight loss might not be a happy one.
What about the guys "who don't do this kind of thing" – all the well-meaning folks who are neither victim nor perpetrator?
As the administration drags on, the Senate's time is even more eaten up by policymaking, as well, meaning nominations will take longer.
Portman plays Elizabeth, a well-meaning young woman who strays from her husband and becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Rick.
But as well-meaning as shirts like this are, they violate kids' personal space and tend to ignore or trivialize their feelings.
Doing so would hurt only the well-meaning and law-abiding citizens who rely on companies like Apple to protect their data.
Collins also said that comments we might think are well-meaning, like when people asked about her weight loss, can be harmful.
Legal challenges are expected to be filed against a number of these actions as well, meaning some may not come to pass.
He'd heard about a commissioner from Kentucky bidding for a zip line to attract tourists, which Zimmerman considered a well-meaning fantasy.
This isn't to say that those who attempt or express empathy always succeed at it, even though they may be well meaning.
A well-meaning Instagram user could, for instance, post content that promotes unhealthy attitudes attached to a community based tag, she said.
"There's just a lot of people, very well-meaning people, who want to believe that there is a simple solution," said Dudley.
But given the profusion of well-meaning but ineffectual police training programs, he said, the aim here is for what is feasible.
She felt that well-meaning liberals, including in her own party, too often excluded this audience, rather than reaching out to it.
Well-meaning and enthusiastic as he might be, not everyone wants all the sidewalk trees on the block wrapped in matching begonias.
The VCP was well-meaning but it needs to be fixed and expanded to ensure veterans are getting the care they deserve.
That serendipity makes "Good Girls Revolt" a little like a newsmagazine cover story — well-timed, well-meaning, with a few smart takes.
Unlike capitalism and patriarchy, the illusion surrounding old age is that it is an illusion: Encouragement by denial, however well-meaning, backfires.
Yet we fear that this future may not be realized if start-ups are given the red light by well-meaning regulators.
So what happens when a well-meaning babysitter puts the wrong batteries inside a family's Bop-It and short-circuits the toy?
It's Luke's response to their outrage, a well-meaning "you know I'll take care of you" that visibly makes June's stomach drop.
But that hasn't stopped many well-meaning researchers, philosophers, positive psychologists, and spiritual leaders from trying to crack the happiness code anyway.
Mr. Dink was the well-meaning but crazy neighbor you'd rather avoid but they have the most fun functions at their house.
But as a skeptic regarding such well-meaning endeavors, I guarantee that it's gorgeous, by which I do not mean merely pretty.
This second tendency has resulted in Drake getting a bunch of weird and arguably lame (arguably very cute and well-meaning) tattoos.
But can any of this well-meaning action on the part of patrons actually help restaurants stay afloat through the current crisis?
Well-meaning people need to prepare for this possibility, which is exactly the issue I tried to grapple with in my article.
The mellow-voiced bass Vitalij Kowaljow was touching as the well-meaning family chaplain who advises Lucia to listen to her brother.
"The process cannot be hurried by friends and family," however well meaning their desire to relieve the griever's anguish, Ms. Samuel wrote.
And the play's tricky, satirical tone — and its array of seemingly well-meaning liberal characters — already made it one to argue about.
The tableau, well-meaning though it is, enshrines Miranda as a white savior who transcends divisions and a painful history through art.
Naturally, they end up as the prize kills in "Slayerfest '98," thanks to both Mr. Trick and their friends' well-meaning meddling.
They are targets for unscrupulous financial professionals as well as well-meaning friends and relatives who steer them into wildly inappropriate investments.
However, he was always fair-minded, well-meaning, generous and a far better person than I have been or ever will be.
Now, well-meaning parents might argue that it is because they love their children that they are encouraging them to lose weight.
You're saying that lurking in every well-meaning religious believer is actually a secular humanist who doesn't yet recognize herself as such.
Perhaps, say, a well-meaning spouse overcooked the potatoes while you were drinking rosé on the deck of someone else's summer house.
Well-meaning doctors who are proud to be leading by example could be repelling exactly the people they may hope to inspire.
But the focus on individual stories over systemic problems leaves many well-meaning Americans unaware of the true scope of the problem.
It's more like a trap that so many well-meaning people, including Burnett and Evans, in all their earnestness, have fallen into.
The problem, they told me, is that the government doesn't make it easy for well-meaning hackers to pitch in on defense.
The piece is well-meaning, yet it's not at all aware enough of its reliance on stale tropes of cross-cultural encounters.
Critics warn in particular that well-meaning efforts in Europe could provide a template for censorship of political opponents in autocratic countries.
The two women have been described by friends and family as simple, well-meaning women who had expressed interest in acting jobs.
This is something I try to explain to any well-meaning person who asks about my mysterious, pigheaded, yearslong case of insomnia.
Mr. Trump insisted last week that he knew nothing about the hide-the-ship scheme, but called it a "well meaning" gesture.
This is an important point of clarification for political discourse, demonstrating just how vast a well-meaning policy's unintended consequences can be.
Rob is a well-meaning, American ad man and recovering alcoholic who gave up booze after crapping his pants at his sister's wedding.
But this approach, as well meaning as it is, will only serve to further divide our nation, when unity is what we need.
Cox was "one of a group of well-meaning people who made decisions in 2009 that aren't applicable to 2019," that person said.
Well-meaning owners across the country often show their love for their pets through food, leaving countless animals overweight with numerous health risks.
That means hooking up with the random blonde hunk living in her Paris apartment building, the hairy-chested, well-meaning Sebastian (Charlie Hamblett).
Our thought bubble: It's possible that well-meaning sources confused malware Apple reportedly found in Supermicro firmware with a hardware-based espionage campaign.
That kind of situation can turn an otherwise well-meaning parent into something more akin to a manager (or sometimes, literally, the manager).
The good news is that the well-meaning strangers interrupting your child's grocery store tantrums are right — it does go by so fast.
"A huge number of well-meaning whites fear that they are closet racists, and this book tells them they are not," Murray said.
Louis C.K. is perfectly cast as a well-meaning couch potato who doesn't have the energy or the will to affect tangible change.
Currently, it's more common for each sector to have frustratingly siloed insights, often constrained by well-meaning privacy laws that restrict information sharing.
Far too often, adopted LGBTQ children, like Booster, become the collateral damage of the anti-gay convictions of their well-meaning Christian parents.
This constrains thinking within the company, limiting the ability of even the most well-meaning employees to confront problems created by the platform.
In the Biennale's national pavilions, the Canadians are showing well-meaning videos about the impact of the changing climate on the Inuit people.
Well-meaning statements don't mean much, ultimately, when the people making them keep demonstrating complicit behavior—the same kind that got us here.
Until recently, talk of connectivity in the poor world has almost invariably been clothed in the pragmatic and well-meaning language of development.
To find out, they must essentially break the terms of service of the website, which were not designed to accommodate well-meaning researchers.
K's service to the spirit rather than the letter of the MIB law results in a well-meaning but archaic standard operating procedure.
Homophobia, while more identifiably political, was frequently characterized as misunderstood religiosity, or as an eroding anachronism of well-meaning but old-fashioned geriatrics.
The well-meaning human test subject asks the robot: If you were to make a friend, what would you want them to know?
Reagan himself is a character, though Fargo portrays him as a well-meaning dupe who didn't understand what he was about to unleash.
But even a well-meaning app developer who naively fails to secure their data properly poses a serious a threat to users' privacy.
But I understood then, more than ever, how even well-meaning unsolicited questions about a woman's reproductive plans are rarely a good idea.
I'll never forget how my friends took for granted those well-meaning mothers of theirs and how lucky they were to have them.
A seemingly well-meaning warning from the federal government about the risks of drinking and pregnancy has set off a firestorm of outrage.
However, scientific findings can only be debunked by scientific data and replication, not by well-meaning lawyers and communication officers lacking scientific training.
Our national healing cannot move forward if even well-meaning leaders don't recognize the role our Founding Fathers played in seeding white supremacy.
This can range from well-meaning and insightful analysis to more speculative nonsense pushed by Twitter personalities like Louise Mensch and Eric Garland.
As if to force Morag to stay, she sleeps with a well-meaning but hopelessly immature boy, Ewan (Colby Howell), and becomes pregnant.
Surely, this cannot be what Congress intended when consumer activists and well-meaning legislators found compromise on the law nearly 25 years ago.
One important warning: Be sure not to misquote the original meme as multiple well-meaning users have done in the past few days.
" It will fail, the Justice Department found, "if it remains a series of disconnected initiatives, no matter how well-meaning and well-executed.
Maybe the purest act of patriotism involves well-meaning citizens redoubling their efforts at being respectful, compassionate and decent in their everyday lives.
It gets rid of many of the well-meaning but misguided parts of Dodd-Frank, such as conflict minerals and the Volcker Rule.
In fact, Mr. Kaplan's account presents not just well-meaning but effective government officials repeatedly averting disasters, remedying incursions and prosecuting successful attacks.
The story made headlines nationwide and sent well-meaning strangers combing through the photos for clues, eager to reunite them with their owners.
A diagnosis of cancer can tie the tongues of friends and family members or prompt them to utter inappropriate, albeit well-meaning, comments.
States trust that even if they cannot themselves unpack proprietary algorithms, computers will be less biased than even the most well-meaning humans.
It's just about Kevin, a well-meaning man who'd nonetheless rather run from his problems than do the hard work of untangling them.
The desire to right what people seem to see as a historical wrong may be well-meaning, but it distorts the historical record.
My unexpected semantic debate with the well-meaning nurse revealed the distinct lack of language patients and doctors have to talk about sex.
For all its discomfort, firsthand experience of being an outsider is a shorter route to empathy than even the most well-meaning imagination.
"When a well-meaning citizen comes forward with information relevant to the committee's work, I take it seriously," Grassley said in a statement.
The activists are both well-meaning and annoying, the plot they hatch to rescue the chickens both impressively thought-out and entirely absurd.
PARIS — Unfamiliar to French fans, CiCi Bellis received a well-meaning, if mangled, welcome during the biggest overseas victory of her young career.
They're usually subtle, and even the most well-meaning person can unknowingly cause annoyance and even harm through unconscious bias and insensitive actions.
A well-meaning local artist in Sudbury, Ontario has provided a terracotta head for a decapitated Jesus statue and the result is ... interesting.
The friend, Christopher Ruddy, the chief executive of Newsmax Media, said in an interview that Reince Priebus was well meaning and well liked.
"We were idealistic and well meaning, but we were young and irresponsible, and everybody acknowledges that now," he told The Times in 2003.
According to Hammer, to this day, Lendrum insists his heists were "well-meaning" rescue missions meant to protect the wildlife he supposedly loved.
At one point, early in her bereavement, Ms. Mara comes home to find a pie left for her by a well-meaning acquaintance.
" In a statement, Grassley said, "When a well-meaning citizen comes forward with information relevant to the committee's work, I take it seriously.
While the intentions were well-meaning, a policy like this may have an impact on whether a person can attend their doctor's appointment.
Here's the good news: a number of well-meaning college basketball commentators and observers have called out universities for self-imposed postseason bans.
Here, for example, is the DEA's warning about highlighters: And the warning about the dreaded teddy bear stash: The advice is well-meaning.
On this episode of The Impact, we explore a story about well-meaning doctors trying to do the best thing for their patients.
He leaves behind his well-meaning but coddled wife (Gemma Jones) and three unmarried daughters: Elinor (Thompson), Marianne (Winslet), and teenaged Margaret (Emilie François).
To name a few, the "steal a doomsday weapon from well-meaning scientists" most famously appears in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Here, the well-meaning dupe is at the show's center; Emmit believes himself to be an upstanding citizen and, indeed, doesn't do anything wrong.
It's a really smart indictment of microaggressions and how black minds are discarded and black bodies are fetishized by those who seem well-meaning.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals, a well-meaning set of targets launched in January, call for universal access to good-quality ECD by 250.
VICE: Some well-meaning people have argued against the panic around chemsex by stating that people getting laid under chemical influence is nothing new.
But dubious health claims — whether by some profiteering huckster or simply well-meaning people trying to improve their health — go far beyond just vaccines.
Russia, exhausted and desperate from three years of disastrous war with Germany and its allies, was being run by ineffectual and well-meaning moderates.
Nearly a year later, the former have gathered to collectively terrorize cities like Charlottesville, VA. The latter group is still well-meaning but annoying.
However, let's consider that, though well-meaning, the above reasoning supposes that people want to block the effects of ads, not the ads themselves.
Not only is this a full Moon, but it's technically a supermoon as well, meaning it will be closer to the Earth than usual.
Mr Winton makes a few gibes at the well-meaning but uppity folks in Melbourne and Sydney and has an obvious disdain for journalists.
And the next time some well-meaning friend or colleague asks me how I'm feeling, don't be surprised if I really let them know.
"Even a well-meaning advertiser might end up reaching a mostly white and/or mostly male audience," said Mr Sapiezynski, summing up his research.
People both well-meaning and self-interested argue about whether supply and demand actually applies on the neighborhood scale in an overheated housing market.
If I'm anything to go by, well-meaning cis people can also let our fears keep us from learning as much as we should.
Otherwise our well-meaning efforts to help Haiti now and in the future will leave us asking the same questions when disaster next strikes.
The thing about the black dresses is, I'm sure a lot of these women are well meaning, but it's a PR machine stunt overall.
To avoid delays and confusion caused by well-meaning states striving to exceed their regulatory competence, Congress knows that it needs to act. Sens.
But he argued that the findings of the paper still provide a lesson on the limitations — and dangerous side effects — of well-meaning interventions.
But hearing problematic assumptions or intrusive questions is hurtful and exhausting, especially when they come from friends, partners, colleagues, teachers, and well-meaning strangers.
And when they do bench them, they often sit important teammates as well, meaning such groups can still only be evaluated as a unit.
"You need to get an informed, intelligent and well-meaning leader who isn't afraid to say, 'Let me speak up against this,'" she says.
Well-meaning friends, family and colleagues often counsel women and men to "move on" to protect their careers, families and mental and financial health.
Well-meaning people are divided on whether universities should simply teach the best-performing students, or try to craft a more diverse ruling class.
She forbids others from being in the room during an interview because she had seen well-meaning relatives inject their own version of events.
Per Purdue, these trees are great for home gardens because they "bear well," meaning you'll likely get a decent amount of avocados each harvest.
When asked, I told most of these well-meaning vendors I was a bride-to-be or the sister of a bride-to-be.
The idea was to limit any well-meaning attempt at negotiation, and to discourage foreign powers from treating the Confederacy as a separate state.
"There is still no question that Whole Foods is misleading well-meaning shoppers into buying meat falsely labeled 'humane,'" PETA said in a statement.
Republicans need Democratic support to postpone the deadline as well, meaning Democrats could make demands and threaten a shutdown over the short-term extension.
He finished with a well-meaning but clumsy "Quiero tu bota" that he corrected to "Quiero tu voto," which was met with lighthearted laughter.
For one thing, running was an acceptable way to physically leave the house and the well-meaning but seemingly never-ending stream of visitors.
Unwittingly linked in gchats and Slack rooms by bored office workers 'round the world, clicked on by teens, shared by your well-meaning aunt.
In retrospect, the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a well-meaning response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that backfired spectacularly.
These companies are not evil; they're all led and staffed by smart, well-meaning people who believe that technology can radically improve the world.
Ana is a fantastic Mexican-American student who gets guidance from a well-meaning teacher (George Lopez) on how to apply to Columbia University.
Dissecting its flaws becomes an attempt to dissect the flaws of mostly well-meaning white people, and we all know how well that goes.
Some institutions have pushed back, arguing that the journals' inconsistent rules make it difficult for even well-meaning researchers to do the right thing.
Her defense lawyers cast her as an ambitious, well-meaning young woman who hoped to foster better relations between the United States and Russia.
Rosalee's past is outlined using family photos and vacation tapes, giving the documentary the feel of a well-meaning yet slapped-together tribute video.
"At least he's still here," well-meaning well-wishers — who have tacitly accepted the modern idea that sustained life trumps all — assured my family.
Well-meaning regulars at the bar appear not to have connected their admiration for Mr. Shareef personally with their general view of his background.
Both Scarborough and Brzezinski radiated the self-confident hauteur of leading art historians confronted with a well-meaning amateur who knows what he likes.
What he has given him are platitudes and attitudes, the outline of a well-meaning Peter Pan confronting mortality and isolation without the substance.
Still, there remain many nice, oftentimes well-meaning — though privileged — people in our country who imbue these radicals' hatred with a tinge of credibility.
A well-meaning parent or in-law may be able to see their advice went unheeded, making for an awkward discussion about respecting boundaries.
There's no murder, no magic, just well-meaning people with conflicting ideas on how best to run a business and create a new world.
In retrospect, historians, activists and public policy experts are more aware of the unintended consequences that can result from well-meaning legislation that's unrealistic.
In October, the FDA granted its coveted breakthrough designation for this potential use as well, meaning it will also undergo a speedier review process.
Why, for that matter, does the mere sight of Carrie seem to irritate him so; why do her well-meaning words spark such rage?
Other falsehoods are spread by seemingly well-meaning entities — corporate accounts and misinformed individuals — who trumpet claims that turn out not to be true.
Or maybe they haven't asked, and you are seriously worried that you're about to receive something well-meaning and totally, completely wrong for you.
We trained fighters in a mess of well-meaning but uncoordinated covert and overt programs run by different parts of our national security apparatus.
Both stories illustrate how well-meaning democratic reforms can open the floodgates to populism and nationalism and lead to the selection of demagogic leaders.
A fake Twitter account is only one of the early signs of impending celebrity, along with well-meaning admirers, autograph-seekers, groupies and sycophants.
The first sister would have convinced impressionable oglers the world over that she, unlike her brother, is well-meaning — perhaps even pure of heart.
For one, the economy is doing well, meaning people are buying more goods, and online retailers, in turn, need more space to store them.
When you encounter him as an aloof but well-meaning kid, he's sporting barely-fitting clothes and, again, a tin pot on his head.
Infrastructure spending polls incredibly well, meaning the new president would have begun his term with an initiative that could unify rather than divide the public.
And while we'll miss his well-meaning corniness, at least we can always look back at his greatest hits — like all those turkey-pardon videos.
This is well meaning, and maybe will result in some pleasant naturalism, but amidst Frieze's wave of boosterism, ignoring the audience seems a bit foreboding.
You will be encouraged, by so many well-meaning friends, to experience the grief of all that you lost, but do not open that door.
Where Wolfenstein 3D asks you to slay Nazis with extreme prejudice, Dialogue 3-D politely demands well-meaning liberal gymnastics before you press the trigger.
But money-based help at least takes procurement decisions away from well-meaning but misguided aid workers and pumps money directly into the local community.
Are you perplexed by our regulatory chaos, with layer upon layer of well-meaning but persistently ineffective efforts to guarantee the safety of medical services?
But few in the party want a rich, male, white outsider with little political experience as their presidential nominee, however well-meaning he might be.
There is no rulebook for the accused to follow, but it's worth wondering if even the most well-meaning of words will ever be enough.
If Strang and Buting are the well-meaning hand-wringers of the PTA, then Zellner is the newly elected president with steel in her smile.
It took soul-searching and some understanding of American Idol to see how terrible tragedies like this can stain well-meaning people looking for fame.
However, maybe you use your Facebook login for a service like Airbnb or Lyft or any number of other well-meaning and otherwise ethical products.
I'd like to think that it's because my well-meaning family and friends see me as taller than I am because of my oversized charisma.
At the time, people close to him had just been diagnosed with cancer, and well-meaning friends were sending unscientific health information they found online.
There's enough evidence to suggest, though, that "Nice for What" is a well-meaning homage, especially given that Big Freedia gave the song her blessing.
Rauch calls for less stigma around the issue of miscarriage and more awareness that well-meaning questions about a woman's "baby agenda" can be harmful.
"Virtually all of the intentional funds do well, meaning they score at least four or five globes," said Jon Hale, sustainability research expert at Morningstar.
The failure of Iraq was not merely a case of well-meaning but incompetent policymakers rushing into what they should've known would be a disaster.
Lots of well-meaning friends might also coax you into going out with other single people or downloading a bunch of dating apps right away.
"This process should not be politicized but should instead be supported by all well-meaning Kenyans who care for this country," she told the meeting.
So figures like yourself are seen, not necessarily as terrifying grand inquisitors, but as well-meaning old men out of touch with the inevitable future.
McCain's legacy on campaign finance, well-meaning as it may have been, is a broken system that he helped to drive fully off the rails.
For one thing, the country is so far apart on race that an actual conversation, even in the well-meaning, optimistic Clinton mold, feels impossible.
There's a smart, funny mom (Katy Mixon) made insecure by the town's skinny stay-at-homes; a well-meaning dad; and an eccentric youngest child.
This was a well-meaning gesture, but they contained sesame seeds on the inside, as my son figured out after his mouth started to itch.
The cluelessness of the people being parodied by the account is admittedly funny, but Quartz points out how that well-meaning ignorance can go wrong.
Why it matters: There is no way to guarantee that only well-meaning governments use a vulnerability that a nation intends to use for surveillance.
I woke up the next morning with a few well-meaning friends in my DMs saying "eerrrrrm?" and I quickly took it down and apologized.
If the VR feature is received wellmeaning people use it, enjoy it and don't have ill effects like vertigo — it could stick around longer.
I dread the day when people in the "helping professions" start calling me "hon" or "dear," terms that, while well meaning, feel condescending and demeaning.
In short, the senators' letter to DOL ignores the unintended consequences of their well-meaning proposal, as well as the reasons many people seek employment.
What if the sniveling but well meaning White House assistant on Veep were transformed into the weird-goatee-sporting-but-still-badass Tony Stark, a.k.a.
But her main point was clear: In a seemingly well-meaning effort to help kids avoid what makes them anxious, administrators actually make anxiety worse.
The built-in incentives on Twitter and Facebook reward speed over depth, hot takes over facts and seasoned propagandists over well-meaning analyzers of news.
"You may reduce the risk that the people involved in the process, however well-meaning, will seek out the people that they know," she said.
The vaccinations episode exhibits a notable degree of empathy for well-meaning parents, by bringing in a former anti-vaccination parent to discuss her experiences.
I have lost patience with the shock supposedly well-meaning people express every time Mr. Trump says or does something terrible but well in character.
Everyone is growing tired: tired of being displaced, tired of not knowing if their homes have been incinerated, tired of staying with well-meaning friends.
Fair enough: But Grandma and Grandpa — or a well-meaning aunt, uncle or cousin — might not be on the same page, as BuzzFeed News reported.
Liberals should remember a basic lesson of our flawed criminal justice system: Well-meaning eyewitnesses make mistakes all the time, and memory plays terrible tricks.
And EPA's final decision could be challenged in court as well, meaning the agency would have to defend its legal rationale for repealing the rule.
I could not bring myself to utter the well-meaning evasion that she was "born in my heart," as had many adoptive mothers I knew.
Black Lives Matter has attracted a variety of well-meaning supporters disturbed by the recent pattern of black deaths following encounters with white police officers.
"I think that even well-meaning cis people who consider themselves allies don't know what trans people go through to get medical care," she says.
His characters are harried, generally well-meaning upholders of the establishment, whether a policeman or a dealer outraged over an intrusion on his assigned turf.
In war, even cold war, people suffer who never asked to be involved (farewell, Martha), well-meaning people get in over their heads (dosvedanya, Oleg).
The main dads — Audrey's husband, Julia's estranged husband, Frankie's former partner — are well-meaning, but more or less checked out and not always especially competent.
And its well-meaning bureaucratic administrators simply lacked the capability, or proper incentives, to manage it as efficiently and effectively as entrepreneurial private managers could.
Customers in India have access to the global feed as well, meaning that they have access to 60 titles in a month, a spokesperson said.
When the robots rise up and kill all humans, they will do it with the emotion and personality programmed into them by well-meaning humans.
Those well-meaning preancées (and preancés, for that matter) aside, it's the superficiality of the proposal shape quest that can get one's athleisure in a wad.
"It" here is, well, everything we touch — the planet, our government, interpersonal relations — and the disasters are usually the consequence of our (sometimes) well-meaning innovations.
You might have heard from a well-meaning friend that drinking on antibiotics just "makes you get drunker, faster," but it's actually more complex than that.
Though well-meaning, more and more celebrities are contributing to a certain type of glamorization by "coming out" about dealing with their own anxiety and depression.
A well meaning but butter-fingered tourist may have lost his phone, but an alligator somewhere in Louisiana is about to catch up on the tea.
Mormons never have to reach out to their bishops to explain their decision to leave, and they won't receive well-meaning visits from their former peers.
Even as well-meaning adults, we want to treat young people respectfully, and we think treating them respectfully is giving them as much information as possible.
The European Commission's competition arm is an example of what happens when well-meaning energy is used to contort economic worries into a flawed legal framework.
In other words, it was a far cry from cataloging the violence that people of color experience even at the hands of well meaning white people.
Many of the predictable, strongly-worded, flack-approved condemnations from Hollywood elites about their shock, dismay, and (alleged) ignorance of Harvey Weinstein's behavior sounds well-meaning.
"I think most management teams and boards are well-meaning, but sometimes they lose sight of the big picture and what needs to happen," he added.
A common misconception among well-meaning family and friends is to assume that because their single loved one hasn't "found someone," it means that she can't.
A few months ago, we even told you that the trend was officially over, thanks to greedy millennials pilfering the pitted fruits from well-meaning grocers.
But Ms McRae is also concerned that programmes like Lambda School, though well-meaning, risk undermining existing educational institutions by offering a quicker route to work.
You're a very well-meaning person, you have a broad attitude toward diversity, but most people just talk about it and nothing happens in that regard.
But it stopped people with bad intentions from being a part of the community, and it kept all the well-meaning people on their best behavior.
This behaviour reflected the see-saw mentality of Rick, who has switched from well-meaning statesman to bloodsoaked avenger, many times over the show's long run.
Let us... avail ourselves of our reason and experience to correct the crude essays of our first and unexperienced although wise, virtuous, and well-meaning councils.
If you don't have kids and don't want them, apologies: You've heard this all before from well-meaning relatives, friends, coworkers, cashiers, taxi drivers, crossing guards.
I cannot tell you the number of very well meaning straight people who congratulated me on same-sex marriage, a campaign I had zero role in.
" Tesla said that while it appreciated well-meaning advice, the company would make its decisions "on the basis of real-world data, not speculation by media.
Well-meaning inclusive state and local policies targeting undocumented immigrants can also fall short, such as county health insurance plans made available only to undocumented children.
"Owners, managers and staff are usually genuinely well-meaning, but they have not had opportunity to access scientific knowledge on elephant behaviour and biology," Telkanranta notes.
While I've been involved in some fairly unpleasant house-group arguments, there's always at least one heroic, well-meaning friend who tries to diffuse the anger.
Another common trope is the scourge of well-meaning but bothersome individuals who insist on praying over the blind when they're out and about in public.
Much of that is because of Andrew — poor, well-meaning Andrew — who recognizes his own intellectual shallowness, but finds himself unable to admit it to Penny.
"Well-meaning critics" are concerned the new innovation won't work out but hope it does, and "self-interested critics" resist change to maintain their own dominance.
Well-meaning folks on both sides of the political aisle can argue about the fairness of a test that can be "gamed" — with the right tutoring.
Similarly, well-meaning parents who pick out a favorite child as trustee are giving their other children a slap in the face from beyond the grave.
There is a — even among well-meaning people — there's a perception that these nerds in Silicon Valley and the nerds in the writing room: They're nerds.
The 14 rules, which were issued by the Election Commission and formally became law on Monday, make even well-meaning discussion risky, say academics and experts.
His column was about Nolte's character, the well-meaning coach corrupted by an unjust system that forced someone to choose between his soul and his wins.
Of course an amnesty would accomplish what squishy liberals want to accomplish in terms of offering a humane solution for well-meaning people in their families.
They don't get you any privileges, but boy, did it brighten our day to be congratulated by Disney staff and well-meaning strangers during our visit.
The well-meaning interventions of Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka, with Mr. Trump are a familiar — and to some critics, overblown — theme of this administration.
ANONYMOUS I hate to break it to you, but there are some problems that even a loving girlfriend (and a well-meaning advice columnist) can't fix.
Two weeks ago, national and world health authorities—and armchair experts and worried well-meaning people—were warning anyone concerned about Covid-19 to avoid ibuprofen.
You were right to show your aunt consideration and respect, but you could have tried to spare some too for your misguided but well-meaning cousin.
Pre-sales for the car took place in Q4 2019, as well, meaning that the company's pre-Q4 2019 revenue should wind up looking very light.
In a story in which everyone is on a spectrum from nice to mildly irritating, the villain is the self-absorbed but well-meaning mayor, Martha.
But in New York I met people who clearly struggled to understand me and felt constricted by politeness and a well-meaning desire not to offend.
Months after the funeral, I blindly followed the advice of well-meaning friends who told me to put aside my grief and focus on my daughter.
And it's because our system has become overrun by these market and institutional incentives that have pummeled the humanity out of otherwise well-meaning public servants.
However, when a well-meaning legislative framework ends up harming those it is meant to help due to flawed implementation, our elected lawmakers must correct course.
It is a stigmatizing insult to the mentally ill (who are mostly well behaved and well meaning) to be lumped with Mr. Trump (who is neither).
Trump said recently that "Bloomberg doesn't have the magic to do well" — meaning Bloomberg may be respected, but he doesn't have the devoted base Trump does.
This problem runs in both directions: I've heard ugly words uttered about "flyover country" and some of its inhabitants from well-educated, generally well-meaning people.
In his stories about small-town Ohio family life, he remains the immature mischief-maker, a well-meaning dad with the instincts of a reckless kid.
But the takeaway from it, for me, was that sincere, well-meaning conservatives no longer can make the compromises necessary to participate in governing the country.
In the aftermath of every school shooting, some well-meaning sort cites Fred Rogers—that's Mister to you—and encourages us to look for the helpers.
Constant and contradictory advice—whether it comes unsolicited from well-meaning friends and strangers or is sought from blogs, books, and other media—is ultimately unhelpful.
But any narrative that centers well-meaning white people in the middle of something as fraught as American slavery has a lot of work to do.
I teach undergrads, sometimes really young kids, raised by well-meaning parents who still managed to convince them that recorded history began when they were born.
In case after case, a wary — and frequently unanimous — Supreme Court has knocked down legal theories drummed up by well-meaning but overly zealous federal prosecutors.
The answers he provided — whether from religion, philosophy, psychology, or just a well-meaning friend — were usually hollow in the face of the all-consuming questions.
While we appreciate well-meaning advice from any individual or group, we make our decisions on the basis of real-world data, not speculation by media.
Extensive research on the subject shows that just about everyone carries this subconscious prejudice, known as implicit bias, no matter how well-meaning they might be.
Rumors and fears that have taken hold of largely well-educated, concerned, and well-meaning parents, connected through online networks, are fueling the anti-vaxxer movement.
As the director of two art galleries dedicated to amplifying underrepresented narratives, I am familiar with well-meaning folks who want to do the right thing.
You know the kind: An innocent and well-meaning person starts a group text with all of her friends for planning purposes, perhaps for a birthday dinner.
Tracy is a classic example of the "white savior" archetype – the well-meaning white hero who arrives in a foreign land and saves its people from themselves.
Well-meaning by trying to hide a ship named after three decorated sailors because one of them the President didn't see eye-to-eye with in politics?
"Because these associations reside outside of conscious awareness and control, even well-meaning, consciously egalitarian officers are vulnerable to use more force on minority civilians," Glaser said.
"I thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around my dad as a teenage immigrant," said Cruz, whose father was born in Cuba.
These positive character reviews are probably all very true, but entirely irrelevant to the women on the receiving end of his unwanted expressions of well-meaning affection.
It's easy to get caught up in the cheesy-but-well-meaning wedding hashtags, Pinterest-perfect decor, and wedding dresses you message your entire group text about.
But this set of rules, pounded into my head by well-meaning female friends and family members, didn't hold up against my experiences in the dating world.
Jack makes a few clueless-but-well-meaning mistakes throughout the Station 19 opener that make him seem like either a bumbling hunk or a reckless hotshot.
The subconscious biases are what lead even well-meaning people to, for example, guard their purses or take the next elevator when a black man is around.
One of the greatest obstacles was to convince the outcome funders; even well-meaning Belgium had to change the law to allow more variable, outcome-dependent spending.
She says sponsors have complimented her on her choice not to dress that way, but she gets called a gun bunny anyway, even by well-meaning fans.
While we appreciate well-meaning advice from any individual or group, we make our decisions on the basis of real-world data, not speculation by media. Ouch.
La'Kysha heard that sentiment at least a few times — seemingly well-meaning people lightly suggesting that she was making too big a deal about the race stuff.
And the captions and explanations are helpful without being obtrusive or, as is so often the case with exhibits of North Korean culture, well-meaning but condescending.
He was the good guy, but much like Danny from The Shining, he knew a lot more about the sinister supernatural entities than his well-meaning mom.
Well-meaning but hurtful "awareness"-raising stunts, mostly staged by people who aren't autistic, rarely bring much attention to the actual concerns and needs of our community.
A well-meaning newsroom docudrama that pays tribute to dogged journalism, "Spotlight" details an investigation by the "Boston Globe" into the child-abuse committed by Massachusetts priests.
There's a lot of well-meaning advice out there about how you can limit the amount of gas you're making, and it's basically about changing your diet.
The often well-meaning substitution by technology of human actions and voices which, together, had caused or demanded change is the underlying political dilemma of our times.
And yet, despite the glut of seemingly well-meaning men everywhere, it often felt like we didn't get any closer to making the world a better place.
"I do find that many students have acquired a good deal of misinformation from well-meaning instructors who give advice like 'never begin a sentence with "because.
While my well meaning, adoptive family gave me as much affection as they could muster, their attempts often felt like taping a bandaid over a bullet hole.
Gary Cole, as Stan Greggory, brings humanity to his role as a well-meaning enabler, and delivers enough humor to make his friendship with a goldfish work.
Likewise, Fillmore, the last president from the soon-to-die Whig party, is seen as a lovable dope: A well-meaning failure who lucked into the presidency.
When I was lucky, others filled the role for me: my grandmother, my older sisters, a revolving door of housekeepers, the well-meaning mothers of my friends.
In a world in which well-meaning but sometimes careless biologists are creating dangerous organisms in the lab, such accidental release events could prove even more frightening.
Clinton notoriously prizes loyalty above all else, to the point that she often seems incapable of taking even well-meaning advice from those outside her inner circle.
Philippa Schuyler had a terribly unhappy adulthood; Hulbert produces a heartbreaking letter of indictment that, in her late twenties, she wrote to her pushy, well-meaning mother.
The vast majority of people in the entertainment industry are good, or at least well-meaning, folks who simply have a slightly more glamorous job than most.
And, in dangerous situations, even people who have been extensively trained with firearms do not perform very well, meaning that innocent people are likely to be hurt.
He's sent to live with Tess's sister, Jeanie, a well-meaning woman who is more of a hair "fusser" than a hair "musser," the way Tess was.
Even when well-meaning friends tell you things such as "Loosen up a little," you need to keep in perspective what is more important in your situation.
George H.W. Bush, according to his critics, was a well-meaning "wimp" whose leadership skills were lacking and who could never escape from the shadow of Reagan.
The school recently demonstrated the ability to print the material for sensors, as well, meaning that these sneakers are likely just the start of something much bigger.
We must translate despair and anger into action, but not just with protests and marches or with well-meaning but politically ineffective movements like Occupy Wall Street.
Pittsburgh's defense has been getting much more pressure down the stretch as well, meaning it's harder to focus on their mediocre secondary in one-on-one matchups.
Georgia is a well-meaning mother held hostage by her patronizing but rule-breaking teenage son and two younger children, both of whom are still breast-feeding.
Even well-meaning help is sometimes rejected, for we humans have an astonishing capacity for self-destructive behavior — just as society does, with policies like mass incarceration.
Well-meaning parents shouldn't have to hope, as they send their kids off to school, that their loved ones will graduate before the next big disaster strikes.
While these charts are well meaning, it turns out that the point at which we use fat, like calories more generally, varies widely from person to person.
So one possible takeaway here is that Rowling's African "slurry" illustrates just how hard it is for even well-meaning Westerners to do justice to Africa's complexity.
"My attempts at identifying a similarity (space between our teeth) with a presenter were well-meaning but misinterpreted by some and definitely not racially motivated," he wrote.
Such is the case with a recently released Netflix documentary called "What the Health" that several well-meaning, health-conscious young friends have urged me to watch.
For many people with anxiety and OCD, the news and well-meaning (and accurate) CDC and WHO guidelines can trigger bouts of intense anxiety and compulsive behavior.
Piscatella's reign of no-tolerance terror is incredibly upsetting to watch — especially when paired with Caputo's well-meaning but completely hapless attempts to push back against it.
So they end up using that power like a well-meaning middle manager, knowing how to delegate, and when and how to correctly protect and support others.
"We get this kind of freelancing by very well-meaning governors and mayors who are struggling to come up with their own solutions and strategies," Redlener said.
Consciousness-raising is becoming the implicitly accepted role of well-meaning contemporary art, commenting on the tragedy of our deteriorating environment to an audience already in agreement.
"Fleabag," about a self-centered, often nasty but well-meaning young woman negotiating sex, love and family bonds, is the darker and more inventive of the two.
But I feel as if the artists in this book deserve something more — and that they, even more than I, might frown upon Seaman's well-meaning endeavor.
While many of the photographers were well meaning, she said, they relied on overly dramatic visual clichés that gave a distorted view of native people like her.
Mr. Khan founded the P.T.I. in 1996, and it became a club of well-meaning middle-class professionals inspired by the raw sincerity that Mr. Khan exuded.
T.I. also shared that he had often warned Deyjah to keep her expectations of men low, not seeing how his well-meaning intentions propped up rape culture.
By working in the shadows and keeping dramatic observations to themselves, even the most well-meaning officials become part of the apparatus that insulates the Trump presidency.
Well-meaning companies that demonstrate some potential and promise will be showered with capital from Main Street investors armed with too much hope and too little information.
In addition to McConnell's concerns, other GOP senators have objections as well, meaning there is no groundswell of pressure on the leader to hold a floor vote.
Well-meaning ushers laid on more cautionary phrases so that by the time you sat down, the show lost some of the bite it might have had.
PBS has now finished airing its series called Civilizations, a nine-part look at the global history of art, which is a well meaning but flawed production.
The Black Jeopardy sketch has been recurring since 2014, usually throwing well-meaning but ultimately clueless white people into a game that caters to its black contestants.
But for many women travelers like me, the article bears a familiar message, reminiscent of what a well-meaning parent might email to their jet-setting daughter.
No, contrary to what a lot of well-meaning but under-informed journalists will have you believe, EDM and electronic music are not one and the same thing.
And yet, as midterm races heat up in states across America, and elections overseas come and go, many of these well-meaning tools remain a work in progress.
I had well-meaning friends who worked at these companies who believed with an almost cult-like fervor in the positive impact of bringing the world closer together.
If we're going to be called out for questionable behavior, it's best done by someone as kind and well-meaning (and also totally chiseled) as good ol' Cap.
A segment when the semi-good guy enters their comic book-ey origin story—and well-meaning characters like Otto deal with their setbacks in a destructive way.
Her boyfriend keeps proposing, and her well-meaning neighbor Otis Lee begs her to accept, but Knot is more interested in working, drinking, and enjoying her own company.
One of the most important aspects of Peter Parker's identity is that, as well-meaning as he is, he's just a regular person who happens to have superpowers.
She's written as a compassionate and well-meaning foil for her callous father (Jeremy Irons), an example of how altruistic scientific passion can be perverted by ideological extremism.
While others may have struggled to dismiss a reputation for boisterous, if well-meaning, behaviour, silver-haired Hawke said it helped him win favor with working-class voters.
But beneath that, its virality shows huge numbers of well-meaning people grappling with the vastly unequal relationship that governs the dominant information distribution systems of our age.
Starting at the 12-minute mark in the video, a well meaning Pantone representative starts to break down these two colors like some sloppily assembled color interpretation website.
The range of options, the hostility of some medical providers, and the abundance of well-meaning, inaccurate information make navigating a transition challenging and full of potential missteps.
And if your friend just happens to be taking a sunny vacation (or even staycation) for the season, they might take your well-meaning sympathy the wrong way.
Then again, it could simply be Arnold's influence telling Dolores she needs William, and Dolores deliberately manipulating the poor well-meaning sap as part of her creator's plan.
Even knowing all of this about sugar, plenty of well-meaning people will likely decide to give up sugar as part of a health-related New Year's resolution.
Secondary characters they encounter along the way act like video game characters as well, meaning they have a preset script, and can't communicate at all beyond that script.
Sherr tells PEOPLE that the center responds to numerous cases of newborn pups that are negatively impacted by human interaction, often by well-meaning members of the public.
The episode's plot is an old sitcom classic: the well-meaning heroes put on airs for company, then have to scramble to keep from getting exposed as liars.
The first separate women's prison, built in 211 as a well-meaning attempt to reduce the harm and violence women faced on the inside, had only 81 cells.
In an attempt to make him feel better, his well-meaning mother Karen buys him a Buddi doll, Chucky, that can connect to and control all electronic devices.
In an era where Facebook algorithms dictate the national discourse, even the most well-meaning journalist is prone to stories that distract on behalf of the US government.
TfL advised that while staff has been briefed on the changes, "well-meaning" members of their team might accidentally slip back into the old announcements out of habit.
The first half of the script ends on a staggering cliffhanger, the second deals with undoing the damage Albus s and Scorpius s well-meaning meddling has wrought.
All of these well-meaning folks may have little awareness of the potential impact of the ingredients contained in the food they are contributing to the holiday meal.
Again, that is not the fault of their well-meaning white hosts: It is the nature of the machine that manufactures celebrity, particularly female celebrity, in contemporary America.
In the process, they harm not only well-meaning donors, but also the many legitimate charities that actually do great work on behalf of veterans and service members.
" Likewise, of the men who approach her after speaking engagements: "I have become too exhausted with men online to interact with well-meaning information seekers in real life.
However, I am fearful that impulsive and emotional responses to trophy hunting -- no matter how well-meaning -- could in fact intensify the decline of species such as lions.
However for every well-meaning attempt to protect people online, there is an example of lawmakers seeking to co-opt such concerns to stifle dissent and censor criticism.
As I write this I'm surrounded by thousands of hard-working, well-meaning security professionals whose job is to try to secure the hospitals, banks, cities, clients, etc.
People should never approach a 'roo to pat or feed it -- it will inevitably mistake your well meaning advances and you risk it striking out in self-defense.
Many people subscribe to an overarching belief, one that was probably instilled by earnest, well-meaning parents, that we should never just disappear on someone without explaining ourselves.
A lot of progressive people, and would-be well-meaning people, many of whom, I imagine, would be dismayed to learn anything they've done could be thought racist.
No matter how well meaning the intentions, we have been conditioning ourselves to interpret the world exclusively through the overlapping lenses of race — or its euphemisms — and privilege.
Susan Tynan's favorite bit of advice when asked for words of entrepreneurial wisdom is this: Ignore the well-meaning naysayers who tell you your idea can't be done.
But he said whoever made the request was "well meaning," given that Mr. Trump did not like Mr. McCain, escalating the president's continued fight with the dead senator .
When well-meaning ignoramus Coach Steve (Nick Kroll) is assigned to teach sex-ed, his students end up taking over the lesson with sketches, fantasy sequences and parodies.
All these well-meaning laws tie up employers from doing the right thing until the respective federal agencies in charge, HHS, Department of Labor and EEOC, issue clarifications.
Well-meaning people and media have vilified plastic straws in recent years — you can probably thank a viral YouTube video of an olive ridley sea turtle for that.
After receiving scant satisfaction from Bruce Willis's well-meaning cop (the law has tied his hands, you see), Deklan enlists his brothers to find Mia and seize justice.
It will be the result of well-meaning parents, teachers and college administrators who tried to protect young people from harm without understanding that overprotection itself is harmful.
Even well-meaning people think that those in their late teens and early 20s are already beyond help, said David Abromowitz, chief public policy officer of YouthBuild USA.
The intent was well meaning then, even if it seems especially ham-handed now: Apache Chief (Native American), Samurai (Japanese), El Dorado (Mexican) and Black Vulcan (one guess).
"Lots of these moms are very well meaning," said Dr. Cody Smith, a neonatologist at the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.V., 150 miles northeast of Charleston.
I think that the institution — and I do mean all 535 people, but particularly the hundred in the Senate — is filled with really nice and well-meaning people.
The people you're trying to help may use their sounding boards' well-meaning availability as a reason or excuse not to get the professional help they really need.
What Haiti has in abundance, thanks especially to United Nations, is white papers and policy proposals and fresh commitments from well-meaning outsiders to do better this time.
But today, many informed and well-meaning people seem to think that NASA has lost that mission clarity and is just a collection of relatively smaller scale projects.
It's that time of year when, if you're a parent of young children, your well-meaning friends and family want to shower your kids with love and affection.
It's very easy to imagine well-meaning, left-leaning nonfiction filmmakers trying to bridge American cultures by making movies that patronize the very audience they're trying to reach.
But the director, who wrote the script with Chris Bergoch, avoids the traps of condescension and prurience that ensnare too many well-meaning movies about poverty in America.
"El Puente's teachers and administrators are clearly well-meaning," the lawyer and commentator Heather Mac Donald wrote in 1998 in City Journal, published by the conservative Manhattan Institute.
So this seems like a well-meaning message about drug use that maybe could have used a few more sensitivity checks — or at least some less corny language.
He knew how his friend lamented that it was an "invisible handicap" that you couldn't just snap out of, as some well-meaning but frustrated people would suggest.
You might read it as an incredible story of compassion and good fortune triumphing in the life of a well-meaning guy who made a bad judgment call.
Digging deeply into this link between slavery and ecological destruction I uncovered a vicious cycle driven by our consumption patterns and supported by well-meaning environmental treaties and regulations.
In one of BPM's most gently funny scenes, a well-meaning parent is ridiculed for suggesting 'AIDS is me, AIDS is you, AIDS is us' as a campaign slogan.
He takes advantage of well-meaning treasure hunters and kicks them off high, rocky ledges into pits of slithering bloodthirsty monsters, or he leaves them to starve to death.
There'd be some horror shows too – regulators and intermediaries need to accept that there will be well-meaning losers and not crack down on underperforming funds with good intentions.
"Trust me, there's a point when the next person who says, 'Well, there are so many options', you want to scream," she explained of well-meaning friends and acquaintances.
Although we find the gathering, as well as its initial organizers, well-meaning, we feel the urgency of our present cultural crisis far exceeds the scope of the event.
Your family, friends, fiancé(e), finances, and even the well-meaning glossy bridal mags can all be major sources of stress in the months leading up to your wedding.
For a long time, Passmore said, he was offered jobs by well-meaning contacts — minimum-wage retail positions that barely paid enough to scrape by, with no future prospects.
We would see that pattern, of otherwise well-meaning bystanders provoked by online anger and fear, play out in a number of cases we tracked across the developing world.
It reads like a parable for our modern era: That the powerful and the well-meaning must too face the dusk of innovation—all progress comes at a cost.
If some well-meaning person had convinced me as a child that I was female it would have short-circuited a life-long process of discovery and self-transformation.
But beyond Google and Facebook's well-meaning efforts to get out the vote, there are plenty of other ways in which these two internet giants can affect an election.
There are no good or bad guys in Yellowstone (save the oily developer man) — no white or black hats, no easy delineation between noble Natives and well-meaning cowboys.
Efforts to account for these so-called 'externalities' by calculating their actual costs have been well-meaning, but have had negligible impact on the actual operation of capitalist markets.
Talinda Bennington wrote on Twitter, Monday, that "well meaning fans" continue to stop by the home she shared with the late Linkin Park singer in Palos Verdes Estates, California.
While Schwartz is usually the group's well-meaning, often inebriated goof, his response to the news of Jax and Faith's affair is the pinnacle of the problem at hand.
Meanwhile, in Person To Person, Cera stars as an investigative reporter for a sensationalist paper, who doubles as a well-meaning musician— who, yes, is quirky but ultimately sad.
If Jokowi's foreign policy can keep it that way, it may do more to ensure peace at home and in the region than any number of well-meaning summits.
No, because on Facebook pages for brands I always do the same character which is this geriatric well meaning moron who doesn't have any credibility on what he's saying.
Although it was well meaning, the app's database didn't include much artwork from non-European or American artists, and it struggled to match the faces of people of color.
It's easy to drink the Facebook Kool-Aid, especially when you see Zuckerberg's well-meaning posts about his visits to juvenile justice centers and talks with recovering heroin addicts.
The Senate bill would allow HSA dollars to go toward premiums as well, meaning someone in the individual market could use pre-tax dollars to pay their monthly bill.
While Google and Apple's solutions work via NFC, Samsung's service can use magnetic strip technology as well, meaning retailers will not have to upgrade their point-of-sales terminals.
His well-meaning efforts led to the horrifying destruction of the Sokovian capital, Novi Grad, after the device generated an artificial intelligence bent on wiping out the human race.
Tim eventually turned up safe — he'd gotten lost and run out of gas, proof for Elizabeth of his well-meaning buffoonery — but not before causing a lot of agita.
It is a practical measure that will help well-meaning Americans get back to work, where they can help contribute to the safety and prosperity of our entire nation.
" But it's not so easy to follow this advice when one is watching a loved one repeatedly relive the pain of loss brought about by well-meaning "truth-tellers.
It's also a line many of us may have already heard from relatives who pretend to be well-meaning, and who question an idealistic, unstable, and impecunious career choice.
"Over and over again, well-meaning visitors are being misled by sophisticated businesspeople into booking illegal rentals," said Christian Klossner, executive director of the OSE, in an emailed comment.
That was the principle passed on to me by a well-meaning gay friend, one of the first people I talked with after realizing I was attracted to women.
The seemingly well-meaning but strictly enforced rules also deal a penalty of 50 to 100 push-ups to people who fail to meet the 10,000 step count mark.
The Ziffs have been welcomed as deep-pocketed, well-meaning benefactors by most of the surfers on tour, including Slater, who is, after all, one of their business partners.
David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is his opposite number: a well-meaning fellow who can tumble out of a window or walk away from a train wreck without a scratch.
Well-meaning users who are unsure about the source of a particular piece of information should either take the time to verify its authenticity or refrain from sharing entirely.
And this sense of panic is sometimes not helped by well-meaning friends and family, all sharing similar information on their Twitter timelines or sending it to us directly.
"Even well-meaning and compassionate people don't place the same weight on your grief," she noted, the way they would if you lost a friend you knew in person.
So, for decades, the well-meaning tryhards of the political class have tried to draw young people away from their smartphones/incomprehensible music/genitals and into the voting booth.
It is frustrating, and as a result of that, oftentimes consent decrees, however well-meaning, end up exacerbating problems between the police and the community rather than improving them.
Yet after I was called "white" at age 14, it felt, paradoxically, like a compliment to be nicknamed Geisha Girl by another friend, a well-meaning gay white boy.
Now, there are well-meaning people in the movie that are very heart-wrenched about the loss of these magnificent creatures, and they do what they have to do.
And the Mormon Church's often well-meaning leaders, whose offices fill a Salt Lake City skyscraper, might also realize that sometimes it is the flock that leads the shepherd.
That way, you won't have to swipe away every well-meaning political comment if you're only there for an extremely important discussion of precisely how long to steep tea.
It would have been easy enough to cast the earnest, well-meaning Ford as a bit of a chump, but Rumsfeld portrays him as an honorable and brave man.
Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs at the White House, described him to congressional investigators this week as a well-meaning but inexperienced liability.
While there is obviously truth to that kind of judgment, it is also the case that the rigidity of the foster-care system can keep well-meaning people away.
") Diplo, sometimes referred to as Wes (full name: Thomas Wesley Pentz), is portrayed as an overgrown child, well-meaning but comically self absorbed: "You know you're not Jesus, right?
Doan, who is from Vietnam, and Aisyah, an Indonesian national, have been described by friends and family as simple, well-meaning women who had expressed interest in acting jobs.
Unfortunately, for the people charged with keeping our communities safe, good intentions don't buy bulletproof vests and well-meaning doesn't stop an ex-convict from committing more violent crimes.
Still, our overall federal student loan system is a sort of Frankenstein's monster that resulted from well-meaning people bolting together various loans and repayment plans over the years.
Republicans in the past often framed the debate in terms of personal freedom, choice and liberty — as opposed to the soft tyranny that can come through well-meaning laws.
The Belgian winger knows the club, most of his teammates, and manager Diego Simeone well, meaning he is likely to hit the ground running at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.
Most of all, it would paint Kim as a well-meaning, blundering dictator who, despite U.S. threats of total destruction, is doing his best to survive and seek peace.
Following the tragedy last week in Parkland, Florida, the reaction has followed a familiar pattern: a slew of well-meaning tweets and condolences followed by victim outrage and action.
Although the finger is routinely pointed at the B.L.M. for mismanagement, the bulk of the blame lies with shortsighted decision-making by misinformed but well-meaning members of Congress.
Many of us who exercise have heard from well-meaning friends, spouses or parents that strenuous exercise will tamp down our immune systems, opening us to pathogens and illness.
Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler star as Scott and Kate Johansen, sweet, well-meaning parents who learn their daughter, Alex (Ryan Simpkins), has been accepted into her dream school.
Most of the people calling for policy changes in response to Brock Turner are well-meaning and rightfully seek to enhance protections for women and prevent sexual assault crimes.
While she celebrated wide-ranging, catholic tastes, she also routinely warned against losing what makes art brut and outsider art special as a result of well-meaning boundary-blurring.
Look forward to teleprompter mishaps, well-meaning digs at perpetual Oscar loser Leonardo DiCaprio, and if we're lucky, some self-effacing tripping on the way up to the stage.
Sanders's well-meaning anecdotes about how hard it is for black men to catch cabs, and his clumsy railing against black poverty, simply wasn't convincing for Southern black voters.
That sense of being part of a victimised group is powerful stuff in politics, more potent than well-meaning schemes to improve rural internet access or to expand health insurance.
In the end, Thunderstruck is a sweet and completely toothless smile, and a well-meaning attempt at a brand extension for Kevin Durant that just didn't quite extend the brand.
But the promo for Saturday's episode, however well-meaning, not only reinforces tired stereotypes about female fans, but also once again gets the diverse makeup of BTS fans completely wrong.
The result is that all of them are one-dimensional: Doran is well-meaning, Trystane is an airhead, Ellaria wants revenge, and the Sand Snakes … um … well, they like fighting?
There is no lack of parenting advice available, and the sea of tips from well-meaning relatives and internet strangers alike can leave parents looking to scientific evidence for guidance.
And more than one well-meaning white acquaintance has asked me why, if these moments are so mundane, one moment in one coffee shop has been magnified and blown up.
I believe that Black Lives Matter is a nebulous conglomeration of well-meaning activists who are fighting against this country's entrenched racism, not a hierarchal cabal plotting to kill cops.
Like a lot of wives married to well-meaning idiots, Krystal has learned to smile beatifically at setbacks, and to hold her tongue as expertly as she wields her mop.
Intense urban warfare, as demonstrated by the recent battles for Aleppo and Mosul, remains grinding and indiscriminate, and will continue to present difficult problems for well-meaning Western intervention forces.
Yet "Le Kov" is far from nostalgic or purist in its approach, resisting both the Disnification of Cornwall's mythical past and the well-meaning naffness of Celtic Eurovision-style pop.
While a few Redditors offered stories of their children encountering friendly or well-meaning ghosts, others shared stories that could be the premise for one of those aforementioned horror movies.
And last year, Urban released a song called "Female," his well-meaning attempt to shed light on on the #MeToo movement in a world where it has largely been ignored.
Pretty much every woman in tech has heard at least one piece of well-meaning but misguided advice: Don't dress too cute, don't be bossy, be nice, know your place.
It sums up the good and the bad about old-1968ers and their like: progressive and well-meaning, but sanctimonious, a bit too comfortable and too reflexively defensive of 1968.
It's so easy to doubt your own capacity for awesomeness, to listen when well-meaning friends and family encourage you to stick it out because the job market is brutal.
The mythology of Facebook as a well-meaning company doing good by connecting the world didn't only pacify an unsuspecting public for a decade, it inspired a fiercely loyal workforce.
Even well-meaning physicians, if they don't approach the topic carefully, can ruin a patient's experience at the doctor's office—and potentially inflict long-term damage to their well being.
The finale script page, published by EW, reveals that a 28-year-old Jack first met Rebecca in 1972, at the insistence of the meddling but well-meaning Mrs. Peabody.
Benefiting from record-high $100/barrel oil prices, Chavez re-directed the country's oil wealth to the poor through a vast array of well meaning but unsustainable government welfare schemes.
Never mind the fact that being a parent is difficult enough on its own – moms and dads seem to be under constant pressure and judgment from their "well-meaning" peers.
The campaign follows the release of a similar longer spot last week in which a well-meaning dad uses the Echo to cheer up his daughter after a break up.
"The well-meaning doctors and dentists are the bigger part of our problem," said Dr. Andrew Kolodny, executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, an advocacy and education group.
Frieda is back for the clueless white person lols, and the pair will continue to do thankless work for kids under their well-meaning and occasionally Ice Cube-quoting boss.
Entering my SSN into a random form field on some well-meaning site means I've essentially written the password to most of my personal data on a busy highway overpass.
And I can see how exhausting this topic must be for a well-meaning man who wants to believe in the right things but also wants to have good sex.
No doubt everyone in your life is giving you plenty of well-meaning baby name suggestions, but you probably want to find a name that really means something to you.
For the most part, those who will suffer are black, low-income citizens who must bear the brunt of the fallout from well-meaning but idiotic criminal-justice reform advocates.
Even if you put a moratorium on things like LOL Surprise dolls, whose contents come wrapped in 50 layers of plastic, a well-meaning relative will likely still buy them.
" Speaking at a news conference in Singapore, Shanahan was asked whether he shares Trump's assessment that whoever gave the order to keep the McCain "out of sight" was "well-meaning.
At a birthday dinner midway through "Marrow Island," the main character, Lucie Bowen, a well-meaning but fragile journalist, shares fancy burgers and craft beers with her park ranger boyfriend.
Rather, the central problem is well-meaning white people like the drivers at those crosswalks: Many probably believe in racial equality, yet they unintentionally act in ways that perpetuate inequality.
It's a lot of people who are well-meaning but think, 'Oh, well, I'm not racist,' as opposed to thinking of the underlying systems and structures that are in place.
Too often, what is cast as a conservative forecast from the well-meaning startup turns out to be far too aggressive and fails to account for one complexity or another.
Yes, Waleed Shekhi, a well-meaning (or possibly misguided) Syrian Kurdish man, named his restaurant after the 45th President, in the hopes that the Trump name will help his business.
As one member of the GWU chat room put it, they're well-meaning people with no imagination stuck in a mindset which says there's no alternative to what we have.
Democrat Ian Calderon, the leader of the California State Assembly, proposed the bill in a well-meaning but perhaps Draconian attempt to help the environment by eliminating plastic drinking straws.
That well-meaning attorneys would actually try to get defendants confined in the hellish jail complex is a testament to just how dystopian criminal justice can be under Donald Trump.
By the end of the novel, she becomes a proxy for well-meaning white folk who don't realize the extent of their racism until they are forced to confront it.
Every month, I am solicited by well-meaning co-workers to contribute $10 or $20 to a wedding, baby shower or birthday gift for someone who works in the office.
But the inn is a block from Duval Street, and concierge services will help arrange whatever tours and charters you like; the staff overall is extremely helpful and well-meaning.
And to the next well-meaning Heath, I think I'd take Post's advice and say: That didn't land quite right with me, but I appreciate that you find me engaging.
But some of the perhaps well-meaning comments, saying you should have access to the women's restroom because you "fit in" — that you looked like a "typical" woman — troubled you.
Rabbi Mosbacher, who had been ordained just six months earlier, struggled to make sense of the murder, even as well-meaning friends struggled to find words of comfort and support.
Yet she doesn't believe it can happen organically, as it did in the 1940s, because financial markets will punish well-meaning executives who stop trying to maximize short-term profits.
" It was much worse than returning to Winnetka from the South as a teenager, she said, "because then I was coming back into a culture of nice, well-meaning suburbanites.
Nearly a third of forced arbitration agreements include class action waivers as well, meaning that workers also lose the right to join with their co-workers to enforce their rights.
"It's just a terrible tragedy that we have two sets of well-meaning, good parents who were trying to help their children," the LA Times quoted the attorney as saying.
A mattress constructed of polyester or foam, for example, doesn't breathe well, meaning that no matter how low you crank the air conditioning, your body can still overheat and sweat.
But Bill and I — like most people around us and too many Barnards then and now — had been brainwashed in the same well-meaning society that still fails disabled people.
The game encourages you to check in on BB by raising your bond little by little, but occasionally a well-meaning tap on his tank will lead to something nightmarish.
For months, Democrats largely ignored, dismissed, or even praised Sanders as a consistent and well-meaning politician who represented a wing of the party too marginal to decide a nomination.
In the aftermath, Emira, mortified, resolves to find a new job, while the well-meaning but delusional mom-blogger who employs her becomes obsessed with winning her affection and loyalty.
"There's just a lot of people, very well-meaning people, who want to believe that there is a simple solution," Dudley said at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference.
However, the FDA confirmed to CNN that this black box warning is intended to apply to PDP patients as well -- meaning they are also at an increased risk of death.
The well-meaning rules appear to have beaten back the trolls; the number of patent disputes this year is down 37% from 2015, according to Unified Patents, a research firm.
It is understandable that well-meaning reporters will push for as much access to the government as possible, but arguing over largely superficial press briefings is more symbolic than substantive.
"John is well-meaning but would be the exact type of person who would come up with the idea to stick this into a compartmented system," the former official said.
But when the ungrounded aspirations of well-meaning digital health entrepreneurs and venture capitalists collided, it created an explosive environment where considerable capital was burned without building truly sustainable businesses.
The lack of a widely accepted gender-neutral pronoun makes it difficult for even the most well-meaning person to correctly address someone without running the risk of misgendering them.
Featuring both Levys, the incomparable Catherine O'Hara as the Rose matriarch, and Annie Murphy as the vapid but well-meaning daughter, Schitt's Creek is as strange as it is hilarious.
I tried to remind him that it's always darkest before the dawn and give him tips, but I think my well-meaning advice came across condescendingly, my optimism verging on annoying.
Eve books it to the train station where she disposes of her bloody knife in a sanitary napkin receptacle in between feilding conversations from well-meaning strangers and suspicious security guards.
In reckoning with this underappreciated health threat, I've been wondering how we got here and why any well-meaning restaurateur would inflict this pain on his or her patrons and staff.
People on the autism spectrum aren't always given agency or control over their own narratives — their stories are often filtered through well-meaning family members and caregivers looking to spread awareness.
Statoil described Korpfjell as a high-impact well, meaning it could provide a total of more than 250 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) or 100 million boe net for Statoil.
"SAY CONDOLENCES TO HUGH HEFNER.." one user demanded on an unrelated post, which may have been well-meaning, but brusque messages can be hard to read during a period of grieving.
Plenty of the privileged well-meaning elite during colonial times moved to the colonies; they just did not have the royal public relations machine to spin their visits in positive terms.
It wasn't getting sick that killed you, it was the well-meaning men with blood-splattered coats and terrifying bone saws who didn't really see the point of washing their hands.
There are well-meaning folks passionate about social justice who think things have gotten so bad, the lines have been so starkly drawn, that we have to fight fire with fire.
Or your engineer gets frustrated with your nosey and demanding MechWarriors, and you can either tell them to leave him alone, or insist they serve as his well-meaning, incompetent apprentices.
It also has an obligation — for those in the workplace, those in college labs, and twelve innocent kids in preschool hurt by a well-meaning teacher we know how to help.
After that, the post becomes an old fashioned conspiracy blog about the dangers of vaccines—the sort of thing that's catnip to a certain kind of well-meaning but misinformed parent.
It will also require a rational, transparent approach to budgeting so that people can understand why cutting some popular and well-meaning programs is, in fact, the right thing to do.
Marty and especially Rizzo are not easily impressed, Jan and Frenchy are supportive and Patty Simcox is well-meaning but needs to get a grip on reality even more than Putzie.
Three years ago we sent our daughter to pre-k at the school we had been warned against by well meaning friends who had never actually stepped foot inside the building.
Many Deaf people feel well-meaning parents are pushed by doctors, audiologists and groups like AG Bell to try to make their children fit in with the hearing world through technology.
It means examining context and figuring out whether someone knowingly meant to cause harm to another person, so well-meaning users don't end up getting blamed for some bad followers' actions.
By contrast, "When a well-meaning reality TV star in Los Angeles is tweeting 'save the elephants,' I think it's safe to say that that has no impact whatsoever," he said.
When our own lives are viscerally touched by policy, as opposed to us being well-meaning but detached theorists who experiment with the flyover state population, we move quickly and definitively.
Trump told reporters on Thursday that he didn't know about the decision, but said that whoever made the order was "well meaning" given his past feuds with the late GOP Sen.
The vocabulary of this status is highly charged, and for even the most well-meaning person, a conversation can feel like stepping into a maze of courtesy, correctness and possible offense.
I know exactly that sense of emotional whiplash that comes from finally starting to confide something serious and scary, only to be met with weirdly programmatic responses from well-meaning counselors.
The bill itself is problematic first because it awards points for "English-language ability," which will discriminate against millions of hard-working and well-meaning individuals from non-English speaking countries.
The gifts were well-meaning and I know that it's hard to resist a cute baby blanket, but she's now a year-old and we've hardly used any of the blankets.
He and Brian Krebs reported the boards to Trello although some folks have already been notified by well-meaning hackers who wrote "Change your password" on some of these public boards.
Not just from the overly loving parents and grandparents in their own lives, but from the overbearing (yet well-meaning) characters we watched doing it on screen throughout our formative years.
Both narratives about a bunch of well-meaning, dick joke-making losers who somehow get everything they want and emerge—not even as "cool," rather their awkwardness is accepted as charming.
For all sorts of reasons that made perfect sense at the time, we built additional repayment programs onto existing complexity onto well-meaning forgiveness overseen by multiple layers of responsible parties.
Anyone who has traveled to Greece or even eaten at a Greek restaurant in the United States may have received well-meaning advice from wine-loving friends: Don't drink the retsina.
As that plastic has piled up and created environmental and health hazards, those governments have tightened regulation as well, meaning the US may finally have to contend with its own trash.
"We've learned that well-meaning adults are not aware of the danger, and that kids wind up with an amputation of an entire foot or part of a leg," she said.
There is instead the filter, the well-meaning deception, that teaches neither religious hope nor stoicism, and when suffering arrives encourages group hysteria, private shame and a growing contagion of despair.
The government has also been sending hundreds of thousands of officials and apparently well-meaning workers to live in villagers' homes as 'big brothers and sisters' — to monitor and indoctrinate families.
As the light went on and the computer off, I realized that these well-meaning young people might find it difficult to ask the six of us about our cancer experiences.
But "La Ibero," an elite private Jesuit institution, must have seemed to promise a polite reception, where students would ask well-meaning questions that the future president would be prepared for.
And here's the ultimate catch: Even as rich people strive to give away their money — some as part of intentional, well-meaning projects like the Giving Pledge — they keep getting richer.
The fourth member of the Scooby gang is Dory's boyfriend (John Reynolds), a well-meaning but grouchy and immature wage slave who's the anti-Ned Nickerson to her anti-Nancy Drew.
The premise finds a bunch of city kids so terrified by their own prejudiced perceptions of two well-meaning hillbillies that they accidentally murder each other while attempting to "escape" them.
And a growing group of people engaged in prostitution, including many immigrants in Queens, have complained that the counseling sessions amount to little more than unproductive conversations with well-meaning strangers.
Sometimes they are scooped up by well-meaning New Yorkers who take them home, only to release them a few months later when they go through adolescence and become a handful.
Worse still, no one around her quite seems to take her concerns seriously; even her well-meaning friends and family believe she's just being paranoid, or imagining things, or becoming unhinged.
And Levey, a reliable ensemble player too rarely given such a hefty part, tears into the play's lead role as the well-meaning parent who can't budge a child's implacable resolve.
All of those well-meaning notions eventually crumble as Nicole and Charlie, seeking closure, get a divorce and succumb to the animosity and suspicion the legal system is built to breed.
This false dichotomy is a problem because well-meaning people cast votes in elections on the assumption that their preferred candidates will only put the "good" judges on the Supreme Court.
It's about Mr. Fiennes's well-meaning motormouth music producer, Harry, who crashes the medically necessary, recuperative getaway of his rock-singer ex, Marianne (Tilda Swinton), and her boyfriend, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts).
In a time of trouble and fear, it's good to know both parties have deep benches of well-meaning people with the ability to communicate even with folks they disagree with.
In the magical world the play creates, two well-meaning, if haphazard, protagonists live in a multistory treehouse where they try to write a story, but keep getting distracted by villains.
After the release of this film, he went from well-meaning fool to complicated individual, shedding certain aspects of the Carrey he created for the audience, and demonstrating his immaculate talent.
To do so, he'll have to battle with the deadly Red Watch — the king's private police force — in addition to his well-meaning doctor and his own myriad addictions and hallucinations.
And there's lots of earnest and well-meaning … And I don't think that's really surprising to those of us who have spent time in those areas, or grew up in conservative areas.
Mr Allen seems to want to make a broader point about the readiness of well-meaning people to subscribe to second-hand political rhetoric and the hollowness of the sanctimonious middle-class.
It's a world where Robert Redford has been president for nearly 30 years and instituted the sort of blandly neoliberal stopgap measures you'd expect a well-meaning rich white liberal to institute.
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