gaspiller

Cela aurait gaspillé une semaine de productivité, une perte de données (que je pensais) et une grosse facture.
That would have meant a week's wasted productivity, the loss of lots of data (based on previous experience) and a big bill.
Ils n'y avait pas cependant d'autre choix -- un vol plus rapide aurait exigé un angle d'aile moins efficace, et aurait gaspillé trop de carburant.
They had, however, no other choice--flying faster would have required a less efficient wing angle, and would have wasted too much fuel.
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