ill-intentioned
[ il-in-ten-shuhnd ]
adjective
having malicious intentions: an ill-intentioned criticism that was meant more to hurt than to help.
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How to use ill-intentioned in a sentence
Their crafty use of soft power, however ill-intentioned, predates the “change” in our new foreign-policy approach.
Let us remember that he was good-hearted, and not ill-intentioned, though imbued with the false ideas of his day.
The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace & Philip WhartonAnd yet it would be most unjust to represent him as a deliberately bad or ill-intentioned man.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 | John Charles DentAlthough it was plain that no great boldness was in his spirit, it was also clear that his mind was not ill-intentioned.
The Vinland Champions | Ottilie A. LiljencrantzBut ill-intentioned men were posted at several places along my route.
The Daughter of Heaven | Judith Gautier
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