D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

empty-handed

· IPA /ˈɛmptiːhˈændɪd/
01 adj. having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed.
  1. 1.
    having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed.
  2. 2.
    carrying nothing in the hands.
Syn. unrewarded.