The phrase "daunting future" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe a potential situation or task which is seen as particularly difficult or intimidating. For example, "The complexity of the project ahead of us gives us pause, as we look to the daunting future."
Peeping out the windows, framed by red velvet wallpaper, glass doors or wooden shutters, and onto Midtown's blank-faced high-rises feels like looking from a cozy past into a daunting future.
Millennials face a daunting future, one in which both our planet and societies must confront long term and pressing challenges that affect all of humanity.
Major chronic health problems such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are preventable but pose a daunting future for healthcare systems internationally [ 68, 69].
The co-author of both The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy brings his vast knowledge of imaginative literature to this playful but daunting far-future novel.
She never makes an exception, because it's for my health — everything is for my health, for the good of my bones, my brain, for my daunting, uncertain future — but, rather than eat yet another, I steal into her bedroom with my plate while she's talking on the telephone with Mrs. Suh (at that time her only friend in the country) and drop it onto her best shoes, black patent-leather pumps.
TRIPOLI, Libya — The present and future are daunting enough for the wobbly authorities here, but then there is the tormented past to consider as well: four decades of state crimes whose wounds demand attention.
Given the average cost now — from soup to books to coming home for the holidays, it is nearly $50,000 at a public college and more than $120,000 at a private one, according to the College Board — the future is daunting.
The immediate future, though, is daunting, which does not portend well for Coach Rex Ryan.
But the provisions of the Superfund law that ensure that individuals and companies working with toxic materials take responsibility for future pollution were daunting.
