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empty-handed
adjective as in necessitous
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- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- needy
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
adjective as in poor
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Example Sentences
Unfortunately, experts have looked everywhere from lagoons to abandoned silver mines and still come up empty-handed.
In other words, the Hispanic Caucus emerged from the meeting empty-handed.
The mission was unsuccessful as he returned home “empty-handed.”
After intensive coverage on both, most reporters and partisan investigators came away empty-handed.
Coming up empty-handed for conservatives on both would have broader ramifications.
An hour passed, and it was growing dark when Weston scrambled up the hillside empty-handed.
He knew that those Ducks would not come back again that night, and that once more he must go home empty-handed.
They all seemed to enjoy the interview, for they came out with smiling faces, and not empty-handed either.
He always returned empty-handed, and Nannie watched with an impish smile from an upper window.
Frequently the hunters came home empty-handed or bringing only small game.
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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to empty-handed, such as: bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind the eight ball, and broke.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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