emptyhanded

Meaning

Adjective

  • With nothing in one's hands.
  • Impoverished, having no money or resources.
  • Having nothing to offer
  • Having received or acquired nothing
  • Having nothing to offer; unable to give what was promised.
  • Unarmed.

Origin

  • empty + handed

Modern English dictionary

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