toss-up

Definition

A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.

Etymology

Deverbal from toss up.

Example Sentences

• "It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well."
• "“He’ll do,” said the Doctor, quietly. “It must have been a toss-up all through the night. ’Think you’re to be congratulated on this case.”"
• "No longer is the best picture going to be a toss-up between that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Instead, a warm welcome back for Life of Pi, widely dismissed by many as "this year's Hugo" but this column's dark-horse pick from October."