Illustration: At a small family gathering in a Japanese living room, an amateur magician finishes a remarkably brief performance by producing one tiny artificial flower from an otherwise empty hat. He bows with complete satisfaction.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

物もの足たりない

monotarinai

unsatisfying, lacking something

Example sentences

今日きょうのランチ、美味おいしかったけど、量りょうが少すくなくて物足ものたりなかったな。
Today’s lunch was really good, but the portions were too small to satisfy.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
サラダは、オリーブオイル、クルトン、それからナッツがないと物足ものたりないよ。
The salad is incomplete without olive oil, croutons and nuts.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これがないと物足ものたりないという人ひとは多おおい。
Many people feel they are missing something if it is not put in.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 物足

物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-
足leg; footOnソクKunあし・たりる・たる

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