squander
I am outraged that this historical hour is being used in this way, that we are squandering this time, which has been provided for the important democratic debate that should really do honour to this European Parliament. | Me indigna que se utilice este momento histórico, que desaprovechemos el tiempo destinado al importante debate político democrático que en realidad debería redundar en beneficio de la dignidad del Parlamento Europeo. |
We are squandering forests. | Despilfarramos los bosques. |
We must recognise the fact that we are squandering money in national budgets. | Tenemos que reconocer que existe una dispersión entre los presupuestos nacionales. |
The reason is that taxpayers do not understand why we are squandering the money that they pay in taxes. | La razón es que los contribuyentes no entienden por qué malgastamos el dinero que pagan en impuestos. |
Just as we are squandering billions abroad in the war in Iraq, we are wasting billions of dollars at home in what has become a war on immigrants. | De la misma forma en que estamos malgastando miles de millones en el extranjero en la guerra de Irak, también estamos desperdiciando miles de millones de dólares en casa, en lo que se ha convertido en una guerra en contra de los inmigrantes. |
We are squandering the most valuable resource we have on this continent: the valuable resource of the imagination. | Estamos desperdiciando el recurso más valioso que tenemos en este continente: el valioso recurso de la imaginación. |
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