lying fallow
idiom
: not being used
There were too many promising ideas lying fallow at the company.
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That field has been lying fallow for a bunch of years.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Mar. 2024
After lying fallow for over a millennium following the fall of Rome, Capri was reborn as a destination for bohemian expats in the 19th century and as a playground for La Dolce Vita–era starlets in the 1950s and ’60s.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2023
Their brand of capitalism is the same one that demands endless growth, even from those of us who do best lying fallow in the afternoons.
—Christy Tending, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2023
Others may have had their suspicions about spectrum lying fallow, but McHenry was the first to gather hard data.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Mar. 2024
After lying fallow for over a millennium following the fall of Rome, Capri was reborn as a destination for bohemian expats in the 19th century and as a playground for La Dolce Vita–era starlets in the 1950s and ’60s.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2023
Their brand of capitalism is the same one that demands endless growth, even from those of us who do best lying fallow in the afternoons.
—Christy Tending, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2023
Others may have had their suspicions about spectrum lying fallow, but McHenry was the first to gather hard data.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013
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“Lying fallow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lying%20fallow. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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