1. Having acquired or gained nothing
   "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"
   - unrewarded 
2. Carrying nothing in the hands

See also: empty, unsuccessful

• presupposition
• presymptomatic
• preteen
• preteenager
• pretence
• pretend
• pretended
• pretender
• pretending
• pretense
• pretension
• pretentious
• pretentiously
• pretentiousness
• preterist
• preterit
• preterite
• preterition
• preterm
• preterm baby
• preterm infant
• pretermission
• pretermit
• preternatural
• preternaturally