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empty-handed

adjective [ADJECTIVE after verb]
If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted.
Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed.
Shirley returned home empty-handed from her shopping trip.
Synonyms: with nothing, unsuccessful, with empty pockets, unprovided for More Synonyms of empty-handed

empty-handed in British English

adjective
1. 
carrying nothing in the hands
2. 
having gained nothing
they returned from the negotiations empty-handed

empty-handed in American English

(ˈɛmptiˌhændɪd)
adjective
bringing, gaining, or carrying away nothing

Examples of 'empty-handed' in a sentence
empty-handed

She routinely comes empty-handed and apologises with an excuse about how busy her day has been.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There was no way we were going home empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Patients who have had antibiotics before are particularly hard to send away empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We do not intend to end this season empty-handed.
The Sun (2015)
None of this would have been happening if we had come back empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Anything is better than going home empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The first day he was given a story that did not stand up and he returned empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But now they are facing the prospect of ending the season empty-handed.
The Sun (2008)
And each night we went home empty-handed.
The Sun (2014)
Some return empty-handed and investors offset the cost against their tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If he comes out empty-handed it will be a real setback.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No one should mock a spouse who returns empty-handed from an epic shopping trip.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The nice guys went home empty-handed.
The Sun (2015)
She came home crying and empty-handed.
The Sun (2008)
I dare you to come away empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
When the past has been this bountiful, one empty-handed season does not constitute a famine.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Instead, they went for the extravagant pass and came away empty-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But our research shows that after each of those sales the Gunners ended the season empty-handed.
The Sun (2011)
If you come up empty-handed, you can always check out the examples in the nearby museum.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He has filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed.
Christianity Today (2000)
They don't want to return empty-handed.
The Sun (2013)
When our game is firing we can beat anyone and we're determined not to end the season empty-handed.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
empty-handed

British English: empty-handed ADJECTIVE
If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted.
Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed.
  • American English: empty-handed
  • Brazilian Portuguese: de mãos vazias
  • Chinese: 一无所获的
  • European Spanish: con las manos vacías
  • French: les mains vides
  • German: mit leeren Händen
  • Italian: a mani vuote
  • Japanese: 手ぶらの
  • Korean: 빈손의
  • European Portuguese: de mãos vazias
  • Latin American Spanish: con las manos vacías

Chinese translation of 'empty-handed'

empty-handed

(ˈɛmptɪˈhændɪd)

adj

  1. to go away empty-handed 一无(無)所获(獲)地离(離)开(開) (yī wú suǒ huò de líkāi)
he returned empty-handed 他空手回来(來) (tā kōngshǒu huílái)
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