Near-synonyms: unburdened, unencumbered, unladen
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Emptyhanded
Synonyms for "emptyhanded" (54 found)
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Related words (27)
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3 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- դատարկաձեռն adj (having nothing to give)
- դատարկաձեռն adj (having given or received nothing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 白手 adj (having nothing to give)
- 空手 adj (having nothing to give)
Finnish
2 entries- tyhjin käsin adj (having nothing to give)
- tyhjin toimin adj (having given or received nothing)
French
2 entries- bredouille adj (having given or received nothing)
- les mains vides adj (having nothing to give)
German
2 entries- mit leeren Händen adj (having nothing to give)
- mit leeren Händen adj (having given or received nothing)
Greek
2 entries- με άδεια χέρια adj (having nothing to give)
- με άδεια χέρια adj (having given or received nothing)
Hindi
1 entries- छूछा हाथ adj (having nothing to give)
Italian
3 entries- a mani vuote adj (having nothing to give)
- con le pive nel sacco adj (having given or received nothing)
- inerme adj (having nothing to give)
Japanese
1 entries- 手ぶらで adj (having nothing to give)
Latvian
4 entries- bešā adj (having nothing to give)
- bešā adj (having given or received nothing)
- tukšā adj (having nothing to give)
- tukšā adj (having given or received nothing)
Malay
1 entries- tangan kosong adj (having given or received nothing)
Māori
3 entries- ngere adj (having nothing to offer)
- tahakore adj (having nothing to offer)
- te rae anake adj (having nothing to give)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- tomhendt adj (having nothing to give)
- tomhendt adj (having given or received nothing)
- tomhendt adj (having nothing to offer)
Old English
3 entries- īdelhende adj (having nothing to give)
- īdelhende adj (having given or received nothing)
- īdelhende adj (having nothing to offer)
Persian
2 entries- دست خالی adj (having nothing to give)
- دست خالی adj (having given or received nothing)
Polish
2 entries- odejść z pustymi rękami adj (having nothing to offer)
- z pustymi rękami adj (having nothing to give)
Portuguese
4 entries- de mãos a abanar adj (having given or received nothing)
- de mãos abanando adj (having nothing to give)
- de mãos abanando adj (having given or received nothing)
- de mãos vazias adj (having nothing to give)
Russian
3 entries- несо́лоно хлеба́вши adj (having given or received nothing)
- с пусты́ми рука́ми adj (having nothing to give)
- с пусты́ми рука́ми adj (having given or received nothing)
Spanish
2 entries- con las manos vacías adj (having nothing to give)
- con las manos vacías adj (having given or received nothing)
Swedish
2 entries- tomhänt adj (having nothing to give)
- tomhänt adj (having given or received nothing)
Vietnamese
3 entries- tay không adj (having nothing to give)
- tay trắng adj (having nothing to give)
- trắng tay adj (having nothing to give)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
If, for example, Oswald was not "emptyhanded" but, as the original reports had it, had been drinking a Coca-Cola — there was a vending machine in the lunchroom where the encounter occurred — then he almost certainly could not have left the sixth-floor window after firing the shots, hid the rifle on the sixth floor, run down to the second floor, entered the lunchroom, operated the machine, ...
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As he walked about in the village, Isaac saw those inhabitants who had come to the Land emptyhanded and now own fields and vineyards and houses full of good things, not by virtue of observing the Torah and pious deeds, for the Biluim were free thinkers and their feet too are on the ground, but because they're Russians and I'm from Galicia, and even the one small village the Galicians put up fell to rack and ruin.
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I come to this conference bearing neither a new slogan nor a basket full of gifts. But I do not come emptyhanded. I come with the promise of the Government and people of the United States to work with you...
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