empty-handed
- Adjective. Having nothing to give.
- Adjective. Having given or received nothing.
- Adjective. (figuratively) Having failed in a task.
- Adjective. (context, of a style of) That revolves purely around unarmed, hand-to-hand combat, and uses no weapons.
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