non-prospect

noun

1. Usually prospects.
   1. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.
   2. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
2. anticipation; expectation; a looking forward.
3. something in view as a source of profit.
4. a potential or likely customer, client, etc.
5. a potential or likely candidate.
6. a view, especially of scenery; scene.
7. outlook or view over a region or in a particular direction.
8. a mental view or survey, as of a subject or situation.
9. Mining.
   1. an apparent indication of ore or native metal.
   2. a place giving such indications.
   3. a mine working or excavation undertaken in a search for additional ore.
10. Archaic. sight; range of vision.

verb (used with object)

11. to search or explore (a region), as for gold.
12. to work (a mine or claim) experimentally in order to test its value.

verb (used without object)

13. to search or explore a region for gold or the like.

Idioms

14. in prospect, under consideration; expected; in view: He had no other alternative in prospect.

noun (ˈprɒspɛkt)

1. (sometimes plural) a probability or chance for future success, esp as based on present work or aptitudea good job with prospects
2. a vision of the future; what is foreseen; expectationshe was excited at the prospect of living in London; unemployment presents a grim prospect
3. a view or scene, esp one offering an extended outlook
4. a prospective buyer, project, etc
5. a survey or observation
6. mining
   1. a known or likely deposit of ore
   2. the location of a deposit of ore
   3. a sample of ore for testing
   4. the yield of mineral obtained from a sample of ore

verb (prəˈspɛkt)

7. (when intr, often foll by for) to explore (a region) for gold or other valuable minerals
8. (tr) to work (a mine) to discover its profitability
9. (intr often foll by for) to search (for)

n.early 15c., “act of looking into the distance,” from Latin prospectus “distant view, look out; sight, faculty of sight,” noun use of past participle of prospicere “look out on, look forward,” from pro- “forward” (see pro-) + specere “look at” (see scope (n.1)). Meaning “extensive view of the landscape” is from 1530s; transferred sense of “mental view or survey” is from 1620s. Sense of “person or thing considered promising” is from 1922. Prospects “expectations, things looked forward to” is from 1660s. v.“explore for gold, examine land with a view to a mining claim,” 1841, from prospect (n.) in specialized sense of “spot giving prospects of ore” (1832). Earlier in a sense “look forth, look out over” (1550s), from Latin prospectare. Related: Prospected; prospecting.