open question

NOUN

undecided issue

Synonyms

WEAK

anybody's guess loose end question rhetorical question toss of a coin

Example Sentences

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I think it’s an open question, and an important one.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

“But there’s an open question as to how much more productivity growth we’ll get in the coming years,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Explaining this discrepancy is now an important open question for researchers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Whether an incoming Fed chair philosophically skeptical of reactive policymaking will be receptive to more data inputs remains an open question.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Yet geography obviously has some effect on history; the open question concerns how much effect, and whether geography can account for history’s broad pattern.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond