But it added, "This is an open-ended process whose outcome cannot be guaranteed beforehand."

It's an open-ended process, one that is often uncontrollable.

Finally, coming and going turns into an open-ended process in a video by Kim Sooja.

Improvements emerge incrementally, from an open-ended, decentralized process rather than a central design.

By filing for libel, a candidate or elected official would open himself to an open-ended process of legal "discovery."

By its very nature, this is an open-ended process whose outcome cannot be guaranteed beforehand.

On the other hand, it is, indeed, an open-ended process.

These accession talks will mark the beginning of a long and open-ended process.

They have decided on the usual meaningless option of the 'open-ended' process - in other words, a process with an uncertain end.

The negotiations are regarded as 'a long-lasting and open-ended process'.