fallow has definitions from the field of agriculture
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[ adjective ] (agriculture) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

Examples

"fallow farmland"

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

The small half-heartedly tended fields of men who 'd spent more time rustling cattle than farming were lying fallow .

Related terms

unplowed

2
[ adjective ] undeveloped but potentially useful

Examples

"a fallow gold market"

Related terms

unexploited

3
[ noun ] (agriculture) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

Related terms

cultivated_land

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