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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That left the committee’s direction an open question at a moment when its members are split down the middle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Whether that becomes the next durable market-leadership group is still an open question, said Nadig.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

It is an open question whether these laws work.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

So, are we on a trajectory to hundreds of cases, or are we only on the trajectory to tens of thousands of cases, is sort of the open question.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 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