The phrase "a lesser prospect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing opportunities or possibilities, indicating that one is not as favorable or promising as another.
Example: "While the first job offer was enticing, the second one was a lesser prospect in terms of salary and benefits."
Alternatives: "a diminished opportunity" or "a less favorable option."
Berry, who was considered the lesser prospect, had a solid career as a defensive lineman with the Mountaineers.
It is his unexamined assumption that disabled people are inherently "worse off," that we "suffer," that we have lesser "prospects of a happy life".
They could offer lesser prospects, but Detroit wants Henson, who is also a quarterback at the University of Michigan and would be a fan favorite.
That way the prodigies like Bryant, Garnett and McGrady can safely pursue their careers while the lesser prospects can withdraw from the draft and pursue an education.
Some employers still steer women into lower-paid positions with lesser prospects.
But the Yankees could try to include lesser prospects in the trade, they could hope Gonzalez comes to the Bronx and falls in love with the team, or they could decide that adding the two-time American League most valuable player to their needy offense is worth the current price, even if it is only for the rest of the season.
One might modify FEO so that if two people have the same native talent, but one ends up with lesser prospects of success in competitions for positions of advantage because her ambition has been reduced by prejudicial or discriminatory socialization, then FEO is violated (on this issue, see Okin 1991).
Listen to the anger of young American men who are growing into adulthood with grim prospects of survival and even lesser prospects of success.
When Mr. Merrick judged the prospects dim for a lesser musical, "Subways Are for Sleeping," in 1961, he turned to the phone book to find men with the same names as the daily newspaper critics, who then numbered seven -- a stunt he had long plotted but could never execute until the retirement of the Times critic with a one-of-a-kind name, Brooks Atkinson.
Yet in many private discussions Russians are more moderately optimistic about Trump's prospects for Russia, often naming him a lesser of two evils.
