The phrase "a bit too earnest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is overly sincere or serious, often in a way that feels excessive or inappropriate.
Example: "While I appreciate your enthusiasm, your presentation came off as a bit too earnest for the casual setting we were in."
Alternatives: "a tad too serious" or "somewhat overly sincere".
Overheard: "Our young designers today are, dare I say it, a bit too earnest.
Sure, The Breakfast Club is schematic, sentimental and a bit too earnest for its good.
Indeed, Alex Conant, a spokesman for Mr. Rubio, suggested that the golf lobby might be a bit too earnest.
If all this health and spirituality leaves one feeling a bit too earnest, then Crestone has a wonderful antidote.
Watch the video The one that's a bit too earnest for its own good Moving Pictures, Cribs Much as I admire the Crib's keenness to remind me (again and again) that integrity is an important thing, it can, at times, make them a tough bunch to love.
This inventive hour-long, wordless fairy tale, though sometimes a bit too earnest, has some fabulous life-size puppets — a truly frightening witch, a lion-headed bear, and a pack of spying crows — handled by nine gifted young actors from Strangemen and Co.'s ensemble, all of whom also sing and provide sound effects by way of snapping fingers, stamping feet, whistling, flapping, and cawing.
One of only two writers outside of the core circle to pen a Monty Python sketch, he had the comedy writing chops to make science fiction palatable for readers who found it that bit too earnest.
But as much though I enjoyed Barnsley baker John growing mutton chop sideburns to look the part, the show was all a bit too "chuffing" earnest about bread.
Joel Jelen, director at Reset Breathing in Liverpool, which offers therapy sessions to help people retrain how to breathe correctly, felt the health and wellness industry had a tendency to be "a bit too serious and earnest".
Carlson's only praise was for songs "Odyssey #5" and "My Happiness", stating that "[t]oo often, Powderfinger is too earnest, a bit too careful in their career".
Furthermore, he can be quite an awkward speaker, trying a bit too hard to appear earnest.
