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adj. carrying nothing in the hands

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

adj. not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"

bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited

adj. not returned in kind; "unrequited (unanswered) love"

bare, stripped

adj. having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"

barren of, devoid of, innocent of, destitute of, void of, empty of

adj. completely wanting or lacking: "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding"

bereft of, deprived of

adj. having had something taken away: "bereft of their dignity"

blank

adj. (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

drained

adj. emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"

emptied

adj. (empty)

glassy, glazed

adj. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom"

pillaged, looted, plundered, ransacked

adj. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"

unoccupied, unfilled, vacant

adj. without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"

vacant

adj. void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"

void

adj. containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

failing, failed

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

out

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

hitless, scoreless, goalless

adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"

self-defeating

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

unfulfilled, unrealized

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unplaced

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

winless

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"

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