(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.

not in use; inactive

My creative energies have lain fallow this year.

land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.

to make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.

adjective

active , cultivated , developed , used

adjective

dormant , idle , inert , neglected , quiescent , resting , slack , uncultivated , undeveloped , unplanted , unplowed , unproductive , unseeded , untilled , unused , vacant , virgin , inactive , lea