The phrase 'defy solution' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a problem or situation that cannot be easily or readily solved. For example: "The current political crisis over immigration policy appears to defy solution until more compromise is reached by both sides."
But the 21-year-old case defied solution.
This problem has defied solution, except for small values of n, though a large amount of numerical data has been amassed.
The panel, known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, will have three months, until Nov. 23, to forge an agreement on divisive issues that have defied solution for decades.
The Israeli government decided in principle tonight to "remove" Yasir Arafat, threatening the Palestinian leader with expulsion, jail or possibly death after almost three years of conflict that has defied solution, by force or negotiation.
And the money could help lay the groundwork for a rational way to cope with Mexico City's water problems, which have defied solution, and where water subsidies alone consume more than 1percentt of Mexico's entire federal budget.
It is miraculous because it somehow doesn't involve deportation, even though 11 million people are living in the United States outside the law, and also because it will permanently solve a problem that has defied solution for two and a half decades.
Emmett L. Bennett Jr., a classicist who played a vital role in deciphering Linear B, the Bronze Age Aegean script that defied solution for more than 50 years after it was unearthed on clay tablets in 1900, died on Dec. 15 in Madison, Wis.
Page 20 Obituaries EMMETT L. BENNETT JR., 93 He was a classicist who played a vital role in deciphering Linear B, the Bronze Age Aegean script that defied solution for more than 50 years after it was unearthed on clay tablets in 1900.
