Less prominent conflicts also defied resolution.

Yet the issues the Court has identified for briefing defy easy resolution.

An International Issue But until now, the Tijuana River sewage problem defied resolution.

But the poison-gas issue defied resolution on this visit, in which access to local Kurds was limited.

He was an enigma that defied resolution.

Différends defy resolution, but the just approach is to respect each side's competing claims.

As experience under the free trade agreement attests, the question of subsidies defies easy resolution.

However, the complexities of the issues are such that they are likely to defy resolution by a single judgment.

Tom's eyes strained to resolve this paradox, even though he knew that all miracles defied resolution.

While many physical paradoxes have accepted resolutions, others defy resolution and may indicate flaws in theory.