The phrase "optimistic prospect" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a hopeful and positive outlook about the outcome of a situation. For example, "The optimistic prospect of finding a cure for the virus has kept me motivated during this difficult time."
But that optimistic prospect had actually evaporated, sometime during those weeks, when auditors from Andersen discovered a mistake they had made, more than a year earlier, in Enron's books.
Although this adds to the complexity of the design task an optimistic prospect for success is voiced in view of recent progress in computational prediction and the support from experimental entropy data.
The most optimistic prospect is Vasalgel, which has shown to be effective in animal trials.
Several scientists, however, among them the chief editor of the Lancet, seriously question the possibility of developing a successful HIV preventive vaccine and criticise the overly optimistic prospect portrayed by the vaccine research community [ 12].
Along with the increasing price of oil, which Mr. Kohler said had put growth prospects in many importing countries at risk, the I.M.F. has stressed that the weak euro could undermine generally optimistic prospects for the global economy.
Under the assumption that the incoming Trump administration will ultimately refrain from triggering a trade war, they moved fast to price in optimistic prospects for higher real growth, higher inflation and more money entering the financial markets.
The forecast is based on optimistic prospects for a US market recovery which would see sales of 12.5m units next year, with a rise to 14.5m in 2010 and 15.5m in 2011.
The carbon credit market has created optimistic prospects for expansion of the Brazilian forest sector.
Effects were stronger at a smaller grain size, offering optimistic prospects for conservation strategies that incorporate human population effects.
"Oil moved up with a firmer stock market and more optimistic prospects for commodities going forward," said Edward Meir, energy analyst at MF Global.
Such overestimation of population size can give rise to overly optimistic prospects of population recovery and lead to overfishing.
