fallow
adjective
(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
fallowness
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a word derived from
fallow.
Example Sentences
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He drew a chair to the side of the bed and sat down, terrified by the utter fallowness of his mind.
From The Ragged Edge by Harold MacGrath
The two-field crop rotation with fallow periods was often displaced by the three-field system rotating grain crops, legumes, and fallowness.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly
In this way you experience a singular repose, after which fallowness I am sure one is fitter for action and judgement.
From The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
