Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
mas o menos
English translation:
for the most part / mostly / on the whole
Spanish term
France
Native in: French 
mas o menos
Estos humanos con mas o menos corazon bueno creen que estan haciendo bien.
These humans with ? more or less ? a good heart ? kind of a good heart ? think they’re doing good .
| 4 +2 | for the most part / mostly / on the whole |
Robert Carter
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| 4 | rather good-hearted |
Yudith Madrazo
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| 4 | more or less |
neilmac
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| 4 | basically |
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English
for the most part / mostly / on the whole
"These people who have good intentions on the whole..."
etc.
| thank you very much for helping me. |
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: Who mostly act with good intentions
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Thanks, Muriel.
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MollyRose
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Thanks, Molly.
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Cuba
English to Spanish translator.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
rather good-hearted
| thank you very much for helping me. |
more or less
"These MORE OR LESS GOOD-HEARTED humans think that they are doing good/the right thing."
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Note added at 13 hrs (2020-03-12 08:25:02 GMT)
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Funnily enough, if you run a Google search for "more or less goodhearted" with the hyphen (good-hearted), there are no examples of usage. However, the same search without the hyphen yields several examples:
"The premise was simple: a dull, boring, but more or less goodhearted guy marries a recovering drug addict"...
"While most people are more or less goodhearted ..."
etc.
I am convinced that people want to be more decent, more good- hearted...
| thank you so much for your help |
basically
| thank you so much for your help |
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