defy interpretation
Frequency: 6.36.1 per million words
to be impossible or very difficult to understand or explain
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Examples (10)
- The ancient prophecy seemed to defy all interpretation.
- Her enigmatic smile continues to defy easy interpretation.
- The artist's latest work was designed to defy conventional interpretation.
- His silence on the matter would defy any logical interpretation.
- The complex legal document appeared to defy straightforward interpretation.
- For centuries, the mysterious symbols have defied clear interpretation.
- She argued that the poem shouldn't defy any interpretation by the reader.
- The strange phenomenon began to defy scientific interpretation.
- Despite careful analysis, the results still defy a definitive interpretation.
- The sudden change in his behavior completely defied my interpretation.