Synonyms for empty-handed
emp·ty-hand·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. empty-handed, unrewardedadjective

   having acquired or gained nothing

   "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

   Synonyms:
   unrewarded

   Antonyms:
   successful, full

2. empty-handedadjective

   carrying nothing in the hands

   Synonyms:
   unrewarded

   Antonyms:
   full, successful

How to pronounce empty-handed?

How to say empty-handed in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use empty-handed in a sentence?

1. Jan Egeland:

   People receive threats from gangs and many just leave overnight. Very often they flee empty-handed, there's not enough being done to prevent it from happening in Mexico and throughout the region and to help victims.

2. Officer Michael Rosfeld:

   None of [that] would play into the evaluation as to whetherthis was a reasonable action by the police officer, or a good shoot, [Rose] is running away, empty-handed and he is shot in the back. Period.

3. Haruyuki Takahashi:

   You don't go empty-handed. That's common sense.

4. Chris Constantine:

   They're not going to go home empty-handed, so they make poor choices and dive without carefully evaluating the conditions, or worse yet, diving when the conditions are poor so they don't feel like they've wasted their time and gas money.

5. Miles Mikolas:

   I’m a little over it. I mean it stinks, to get that close and then kind of come up empty-handed, that’s a great outing. I’ll be real proud that I gave the bullpen kind of another night off. I know we need it with the doubleheader. I’m happy – but deep down it kind of stinks.