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.
When eutrophication occurs, a body of water can undergo explosive growth of algae at or near the surface of the water, referred to as algal blooms. This blocks sunlight that is needed by organisms in the water and further depletes oxygen.