fallowness
/ˈfæloʊnəs/
noun
- The state of being left unplanted or unused, especially of farmland, to restore fertility.
- After a season of fallowness, the field produced a better crop.
- Fallowness is an ancient method of land management.
- The farmer practiced fallowness to improve the soil quality.
- A state of inactivity or lack of development.
- His mind experienced a period of fallowness before the creative breakthrough.
- After years of fallowness, the company launched a new product.
- The artist's fallowness ended when she found new inspiration.