Empty-handed Definition

ĕmptē-hăndĭd
adjective
Bearing nothing.
American Heritage
Bringing, gaining, or carrying away nothing.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) Having failed in a task.
I was supposed to clean up the trash out back, but I returned empty-handed.
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(of a style of martial arts such as karate) That revolves purely around unarmed, hand-to-hand combat, and uses no weapons.

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Empty-handed Sentence Examples

  • In the end I came out empty-handed yet again.

  • An hour later, he returned to Yully's room empty-handed.

  • The "Hunting Excuses" shirt includes all the typical reasons for coming home empty-handed that any hunter will appreciate.

  • If you walk into a card store, you may only find a handful of cards that might express how you feel about the person and you may walk out empty-handed.

  • Sometimes the entrepreneurs leave empty-handed, while other times the Sharks are so interested in the ideas that a bidding war occurs.

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