
Meaning of EMPTY-HANDED
| Pronunciation: | | 'emptee'handid
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- [adj] carrying nothing in the hands
- [adj] having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"
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| | Synonyms: | | empty, unrewarded, unsuccessful |
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| | Related Terms: | | bare-handed, beggarly, famished, half-starved, ill off, ill-equipped, ill-furnished, ill-provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, shorthanded, starved, starveling, starving, underfed, undermanned, undernourished, unfed, unprovided, unreplenished, unsupplied |
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