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empty-handed

adjective

1 empty-handed

Having acquired or gained nothing:
— The returned from the negotiations empty-handed.

synonym: unrewarded.

Roget 640: insufficient, inadequate; too little etc. 32; not enough etc. 639; unequal to; incompetent etc. (impotent) 158; weighed in the balance and found wanting;" ... show more

2 empty-handed

Carrying nothing in the hands.


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