Example Sentences for desuetude. 1  The laws against heresy have fallen into desuetude in England, but while they lasted they were simply ferocious. 2  This fashion, Germans inform you, is falling into desuetude; but it falls slowly. 3  This custom was kept up until early in this century, when it fell into desuetude.
Eutrophication (Greek: eutrophia (from eu well + trephein nourish.); German: Eutrophie), or more precisely hypertrophication, is the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
Cultural eutrophication is the process that speeds up natural eutrophication because of human activity. Due to clearing of land and building of towns and cities, land runoff is accelerated and more nutrients such as phosphates and nitrate are supplied to lakes and rivers, and then to coastal estuaries and bays.