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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Yet that still leaves an open question that should make those customers nervous: How much will they be paying for power?

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Whether it will be enough to spare her is an open question.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Nevidomskyy said the new model could help clarify this open question.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

The depth of the scarring from this conflict, on gas supply, and on control of one of the world's key economic arteries, remains an open question.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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