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飽き足りない (あきたりない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飽あき足たりない

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Meanings

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expression, i-adjective

unsatisfactory; unsatisfying; not enough

Expresses that something is insufficient or does not meet one's expectations, often with a nuance of disappointment. Used as a phrase or i-adjective.

See also: 飽き足りる

彼かれの説せつ明めいは飽あき足たりないものだった。
His explanation was unsatisfactory.

この結けっ果かにはまだ飽あき足たりない気き持もちだ。

I still feel unsatisfied with this result.

Written forms

飽あき足たりない
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
飽あき足たりない
Variant with 飽足; less common and may be considered non-standard.
慊あきたりない
Rare kanji form using 慊; not widely used.

Kanji

飽sated, tired of, bored
足leg, foot, be sufficient
慊satisfaction

Similar words

飽あき足たりる
飽き足りる is the affirmative form meaning 'to be satisfied' or 'to be enough', while 飽き足りない is its negative form expressing dissatisfaction.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 飽き足りる (to be satisfied), which combines 飽きる (to get tired of) and 足りる (to be sufficient). The negative form 飽き足りない literally means 'not tiring of and not being sufficient', i.e., unsatisfactory.