EGAVE

emptyhanded

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective With nothing in one's hands.
  2. adjective Impoverished; having no money or resources.
  3. adjective Having nothing to offer.
  4. adjective Having received or acquired nothing.
  5. adjective Having nothing to offer; unable to give what was promised.
  6. adjective Unarmed.

Similar words

empty-handed empty freehanded dry-handed handless empty as a pauper's purse barehanded cashless coinless hard up

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