empty-handed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

empty-handed
    adj 1: having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the
           negotiations empty-handed" [syn: {empty-handed},
           {unrewarded}]
    2: carrying nothing in the hands

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

empty-handed \empty-handed\ adj.
   having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the
   negotiations empty-handed.

   Syn: unrewarded.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. carrying nothing in the hands.
      [WordNet 1.5]

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