uninviting prospect
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishuninviting prospectuninviting prospectsomething unpleasant that you will have to do He faced the uninviting prospect of a two-hour wait for the next train. → uninvitingExamples from the Corpusuninviting prospect• This uninviting prospect was offered to a people who, in name at any rate, had tasted independence.