欠けっ食しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

missing a meal; skipping a meal

Refers to the act of not eating a meal, often due to lack of food, time, or choice. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 朝ちょう食しょくを欠けっ食しょくするのは健けん康こうに良よくない。

  Skipping breakfast is not good for your health.

• 貧ひん困こんで欠けっ食しょく児じ童どうが増ふえている。

  The number of children missing meals is increasing due to poverty.