gaspillés

gaspillés

"Wasted."

In this sentence, "gaspillées" is used as the past participle of the verb "gaspiller," agreeing in gender and number with "resources," to indicate that the action of wasting occurred passively.

Les ressources ont été gaspillées inutilement.

The resources were wasted unnecessarily.

Here, "gaspiller" is used in the imperative form, addressing the subject directly in the second-person plural to emphasize the action of wasting to be avoided.

Ne gaspillez pas votre temps précieux.

Do not waste your precious time.

In this context, "gaspillée" functions as part of the conditional past construction, emphasizing a hypothetical scenario where the food could have been wasted.

Cette nourriture aurait été gaspillée si elle n'avait pas été donnée aux gens dans le besoin.

This food would have been wasted if it had not been given to people in need.