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物足りない · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	物もの足たりない	物もの足たりなくない
Polite	物もの足たりないです	物もの足たりなくないですalso 物もの足たりなくありません
Past polite	物もの足たりなかったです	物もの足たりなくなかったですalso 物もの足たりなくありませんでした
Past	物もの足たりなかった	物もの足たりなくなかった
Te-form	物もの足たりなくて	物もの足たりなくなくて
Adverbial	物もの足たりなく
Conditional	物もの足たりなければ	物もの足たりなくなければ
Tara conditional	物もの足たりなかったら	物もの足たりなくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; lacking something

Describes a feeling that something is missing or not quite enough; often used when expectations are not fully met.

説せつ明めいが物もの足たりないので、もう少すこし詳くわしく話はなしてください。
The explanation is insufficient, so please tell me in a bit more detail.
この料りょう理りは味あじが物もの足たりない。
This dish is lacking in flavor.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が物もの足たりないsomething feels lacking or unsatisfying
このスープは味あじが物もの足たりない。
This soup's flavor is somehow lacking.
〈事こと〉には物もの足たりないto be insufficient for a certain purpose or level
この程てい度どの運うん動どうではダイエットには物もの足たりない。
This amount of exercise isn't enough for a real diet.
どこか物もの足たりないto feel that something is somehow lacking, without being able to say exactly what
彼かれの演えん技ぎはうまいが、どこか物もの足たりない。
His acting is skillful, but something about it feels lacking.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
足leg, foot, be sufficient

Related words

不ふ満まんN3
不満 is a direct noun/adjective for 'dissatisfaction' often used to complain, while 物足りない is a softer, more subjective sense that something is missing or not quite enough.
足たりない
足りない states plain quantitative insufficiency, whereas 物足りない adds a feeling of unmet expectation or missing substance.
あっけないN1
物足りない describes a vague sense that something is insufficient or lacking, while あっけない specifically points to an ending or event that felt too quick or too easy to be satisfying.

Opposites

満まん足ぞくN3
満足 describes being fully satisfied, the opposite state to feeling 物足りない that something is lacking.
申もうし分ぶんないN1
物足りない describes something that leaves you wanting more, the opposite of 申し分ない, which means nothing at all is lacking.

Don't confuse with

頼たよりないN1
頼りない looks and sounds similar to 物足りない but means 'unreliable' or 'lacking dependability', not 'lacking satisfaction'.

Built from

物もの+足たりない

Etymology

Compound of 物 (もの, 'thing') + 足りない (たりない, 'insufficient'), literally 'things are insufficient', expressing a sense of lacking substance or satisfaction.