What is "empty-handed" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does empty-handed mean in English? Meaning of empty-handed definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "empty-handed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "empty-handed": having acquired or gained nothing

Adjective

  • Meaning: having acquired or gained nothing
  • Example: the returned from the negotiations empty-handed
  • Synonyms: empty-handed unrewarded
  • Similar: unsuccessful
  • Meaning of "empty-handed": carrying nothing in the hands

    Adjective

  • Meaning: carrying nothing in the hands
  • Synonyms: empty-handed
  • Similar: empty
  • Adjective: Alternative form of emptyhanded
  • Synonyms:

    underprivileged, poverty-stricken, needy, meager, penniless, low, impoverished, destitute, indigent, flat, down-and-out, bankrupt, scanty, suffering, insolvent, bad off, beggarly, broke, hard up, impecunious, penurious, reduced, strapped, necessitous, beggared, behind eight ball, dirt poor, flat broke, fortuneless, in need, in want, moneyless, pauperized, pinched, stone broke, truly needy, unprosperous, bad off, bankrupt, beggarly, broke, destitute, down-and-out, flat, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty, strapped, suffering, underprivileged, beggared, behind eight ball, dirt poor, flat broke, fortuneless, in need, in want, moneyless, pauperized, pinched, stone broke, truly needy, unprosperous, on one's uppers,

    Antonyms:

    wealthy, solvent, adequate, sufficient, fertile, potent, fortunate, lucky, rich, affluent, full, superior, strong, great, happy,

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    empty-handed in English: empty-handed
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