fallow
Pronunciation:
/ˈfæləʊ//ˈfæloʊ/noun
Definitions
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
Uncultivated land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
adjective
Definitions
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
Inactive; undeveloped.
Example: a fallow period in one's career