Debatable and Open

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Debatable adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.

Usage example: the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet

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Open is a synonym for debatable in opinion topic. In some cases you can use "Open" instead an adjective "Debatable".

Nearby Words: debate, debated, debater, debating

Open adjective - Not yet settled or decided.

Usage example: that issue will have to remain open until the supervisor can decide

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Debatable is a synonym for open in opinion topic. Sometimes you can use "Debatable" instead an adjective "Open", if it concerns topics such as undecided, unresolved, open to debate.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

To quote him, you "open the panel and pull all the wires out." Debatable, since looking at him while he does it shows him tinkering with it rather than doing what he told Natko to do.

Source: Video Game / Killzone
Calling it a scar is debatable, considering that his/her left cheek and face was blown open Jonah Hex-style by The Captain and has stayed like that for 30 years, but it's still a permanent wound, so I suppose that it counts.

Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars
Heck, there is no way you could guess he is a good guy just by looking at him (and even if you could it is debatable just how good he is actually...) Manji's body is virtually MADE of scars (most obvious when he is poisoned with kessen-satsu and all his old wounds open up).

Source: Manga / Blade of the Immortal

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