Was heißt »Ver­schwen­dung« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Was für eine Verschwendung, ein so teures Gerät zu kaufen, wo er nicht einmal mit einem Computer umzugehen versteht!

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

Ist die Zeit das Kostbarste unter allem, so ist Zeitverschwendung die allergrößte Verschwendung.

If time is the most precious of all things, then wasting time is the most extravagant waste of all.

Es ist eine Verschwendung, das Land brach liegen zu lassen.

It's wasteful to leave the land lying idle.

Das ist eine Verschwendung von Steuergeldern.

This is a waste of taxpayers' money.

Synonyme

Ge­prän­ge:

ceremony

pomp

state

Lu­xus:

luxury

Maß­lo­sig­keit:

immoderateness

Prunk:

splendour

Un­mä­ßig­keit:

immoderateness

Antonyme

Ef­fi­zi­enz:

efficiency

Spar­sam­keit:

economy

frugality

husbandry

parsimony

thrift

Wirt­schaft­lich­keit:

cost effectiveness

economic efficiency

efficiency

profitability

Englische Beispielsätze

• I should have known it would be a waste of time.

• I should've known it would be a waste of time.

• I should've known it'd be a waste of time.

• The time you waste today is irretrievably lost.

• The time you waste today is lost for good.

• Don't waste your pocket money on useless things.

• Politicians know nothing else but to lie and waste all the money.

• Should I put the waste paper in the blue, green, yellow, brown or black recycling bin?

• Telling a hair-raising story to a bald-headed man is a complete waste of time.

• I think it's a waste of time to watch TV.

• Don't waste your time explaining. People only hear what they want to hear.

• Don't waste your time on explanations. People hear only what they want to hear.

• Contact with radioactive waste is unlikely to give you superpowers.

• It'll be a waste of time spending any more time trying to solve this problem.

• The waste-paper bin is full.

• You're not going to waste your money on that fruit machine, are you?

• This isn't a waste of time.

• The soldiers laid waste to the city.

• Using the hoover would just be a waste of electricity.

• Using the vacuum cleaner would just be a waste of electricity.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Auf­wand:

complexity

effort

expenditure

expense

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Zeit­ver­schwen­dung:

waste of time