食くいっぱぐれ

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Meanings

1

missing a meal; going without food

Refers to the state of not being able to eat a meal, often due to poverty, busyness, or lack of opportunity. Can be used literally or figuratively.

I was so busy today that I missed lunch.

不ふ景けい気きで食くいっぱぐれの人ひとが増ふえている。

Due to the recession, the number of people going without meals is increasing.

食くい逃にげ
食い逃げ means eating and running away without paying, while 食いっぱぐれ means missing a meal or going without food.
欠けっ食しょく
欠食 is a more formal term for skipping a meal, often used in official or medical contexts, whereas 食いっぱぐれ is colloquial and implies an unfortunate situation.

Compound of 食い (stem of 食う 'to eat') + っぱぐれ (from はぐれる 'to miss, to lose the chance'). The っ is an emphatic insertion common in colloquial compounds.