fallowness
Resting soil state
Fallowness is the state of being fallow—left uncultivated or inactive.
Agricultural land in fallowness lies unplanted to restore fertility.
The word extends to creative or intellectual dormancy: After years of fallowness, she returned to painting.
It can suggest either deliberate rest or unproductive stagnation.
Not tended or planted
- unplantedNot put in soil
- untilledNot yet cultivated
- restingIn a state of stillness
- rotationTurning on an axis
soil · field · acreage · cropland · farmland · plot · tillage · dormant
Cessation of activity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- inactivityLack of movement
- quiescenceState of being inactive
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
latency · suspension · waiting · stillness · lull · intermission · incubation · gestation
Unable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
barren · depleted · exhausted · impoverished · empty · void · lifeless · bleak
Left behind completely
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- unusedNever put to purpose
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- untendedNot looked after
disused · forgotten · overgrown · wasted · stagnation · decay · deterioration · squandered
uncultivated
Not tended or planted
rotation · soil · field · acreage · cropland · farmland · plot · tillage · dormant · unseeded
rest
Cessation of activity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- inactivityLack of movement
- quiescenceState of being inactive
hibernation · latency · suspension · waiting · stillness · lull · intermission · incubation · gestation · potential
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
fruitless · barren · depleted · exhausted · impoverished · empty · void · lifeless · bleak · desolate
abandoned
Left behind completely
untended · disused · forgotten · overgrown · wasted · stagnation · decay · deterioration · squandered · underutilized
fallownessproductivity
Output relative to input
industriousness · activity · busyness · creative output · engagement