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

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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

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How to use empty-handed in a sentence?

1. Haruyuki Takahashi:

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

2. 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.

3. Hans Scholl:

   “It's high time that Christians made up their minds to do something . . . What are we going to show in the way of resistance-as compared to the Communists, for instance-when all this terror is over? We will be standing empty-handed. We will have no answer when we are asked: What did you do about it? ”

4. 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.

5. Christopher Hill:

   I think North Korea was North Korea to the process, but North Korea doesn't mean North Korea's over yet, most of the time you don't come back with anything. Most of the time you come back empty-handed.