ill-intentioned
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Other concerns include reports of ill-intentioned adults targeting children on the platform and the use of misleading techniques to encourage purchases.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
It’s not that Garrett is questioning survivors; rather, she’s examining all sides of a campaign for justice, and scrutinizing the cracks in our culture’s response to assault, recesses where ill-intentioned agitators can make themselves comfortable.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2025
Julio César Chávez Jr. seemed disconnected in the early rounds and spent time complaining to the referee about alleged headbutts and ill-intentioned punches from his opponent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
By whose mischievous arts mischievous > harmful; ill-intentioned 3 Are you misshapen thus, as now I see?
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
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