unsown

Examples

• All

• Due to the drought, many areas were left unsown last planting season.

• The ground is unsown, and the house is unmended.

  The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

• Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.

  Blog text (22)

• Countless testimonies from the time describe the devastated countryside, left untilled and unsown, and its villages, many of which simply ceased to exist once soldiers or vrijbuiters had burned them to the ground and their inhabitants had been killed or forced to flee to safer territory.

  Academic text (2014)

• After the heavy rain, the farmland remained unsown and ready for planting.

• The field next to our house is unsown, with wildflowers growing freely.

Synonyms

F

fallow

vsunsown

3 5.7

Left unplanted for a season so the soil can recover

simply means land has no planted seeds, not an intentional rest

U

unplanted

vsunsown

1 3.3

Land with no seeds or plants growing on it

emphasizes absence of seeds rather than broader land use

U

untilled

vsunsown

1 6.6

Land not plowed or used for growing crops

highlights missing seed planting rather than lack of tillage

U

uncultivated

vsunsown

1 5.1

Land that is not prepared for growing crops

is specifically about lacking planted seeds, not general preparation

U

unseeded

vsunsown

6.1

Land that has not been planted with crops

is the general term for land without planted seeds

U

uncropped

vsunsown

6.3

Land that people do not use for growing crops

focuses on no seeds planted rather than past cropping history

U

unfarmed

vsunsown

4.2

Land people do not use for growing crops or keeping animals

refers narrowly to land lacking planted seeds rather than use

Antonyms

S

sown

3.2

Ground that has seeds planted in it

How Sown

cultivated

3.5

sown

3.2

unsown

7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology