The phrase "a bit hopeless" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or feeling that seems somewhat despondent or lacking in optimism.
Example: "After several failed attempts to fix the car, I felt a bit hopeless about getting it running again."
Alternatives: "somewhat despairing" or "a little discouraged."
But she insisted: "When people say you can't afford this, it's a bit hopeless.
Trying to upgrade them in one afternoon seems a bit hopeless, and quite possibly foolish.
So when he ends up on the floor sounding a bit hopeless, his honesty is admirable if not uplifting.
I look out my window at fields recently harvested of their genetically modified corn, and feel a bit hopeless.
I always tend to feel a bit hopeless when I pick up a Bainbridge book, a bit trapped, and I tend to laugh, too.
You can't open new accounts – you have to follow the link to the desktop site – and the branch finder is a bit hopeless, as the phone number – one piece of info you might want while on the move – isn't listed.
The phenomenon seemed at once naive and a bit hopeless--another American effort to single yourself out, to differentiate yourself and your car from apparently identical beings and things... Bosnia seemed sleepily out of time--nestled in an earlier century within the confines of a modern nation.
That is a long way off, but by the gloomy standards of the past, things look a bit less hopeless now.
"It was a bit of a hopeless cause when we went in," he says.
Concluding a three-day assessment of where Kenya stands a year and a half after its bloody election period, Mr. Annan seemed grave, urgent and a bit discouraged, but not hopeless.
I try to offer some measure of hope to those who are hopeless, a bit of guidance to those who are lost, and plenty of affirmation to those whose relationships are generally health and growth promoting.
