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Empty-handed   /ˈɛmpti-hˈændəd/   Listen
adjective
empty-handed  adj.  
1.
Having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed.
Synonyms: unrewarded.
2.
Carrying nothing in the hands.





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"Empty-handed" Quotes from Famous Books



... with all the world within one's grasp and waken empty-handed—that is small bane to one who may spring up again, and by sheer might wrest all his treasures back from Fortune. But to wake helpless as well as empty-handed, the strength for ever gone from arms that were invincible; to crawl, a poor crushed worm, the mark ...
— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston
... there remained to me nothing. Naught, not a straw, had I left. Yet had I given much in largesse, for I had frequented many a tourney and Table Round where I had scattered my goods; whosoever craved aught of me, whether for want or for reward, were he page, were he messenger, never did he depart empty-handed. Never did I fail any who besought aid of me. Thus I spent all my goods. Then must I fare through the land; and did I meet folk (though at first I shamed me) whomsoever I met, whether pilgrim or merchant, did he bear goods or money with him, so did I deal with him that I won it for myself. ...
— The Romance of Morien • Jessie L. Weston
... kinds of private business to see after. And he was not the only one—I had my business too. I did not want to come to you empty-handed, my friend." ...
— The Coming Conquest of England • August Niemann
... leave me in peace. What, you cannot, Mesa? Nay, and shall I tell you why? Because you had plotted to deliver me this night to those who should lead me as a peace-offering to Ithobal, and when you come to them empty-handed they will greet you with harsh words. Nay, do not trouble to deny it, Mesa. I also have my spies, and know all the plan; and, therefore, I have taken sanctuary in ...
— Elissa • H. Rider Haggard
... I had sworn to my lady that I would bring back to her the fugitive unharmed, and I would never return to her empty-handed, confessing failure. Michael's queer behaviour disconcerted me. From the outset of the chase he had turned sour and inaccessible, and now he was so ill-tempered that I feared he would pick a quarrel at the slightest ...
— Visionaries • James Huneker


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