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The phrase "a little too thin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is slightly insufficient in thickness or density, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The fabric of this shirt feels a little too thin for winter wear."
Alternatives: "somewhat too flimsy" or "a bit too sparse."
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Mrs. Wang said she worried her son would be spreading himself a little too thin.
I generally like iOS 7 on my iPhone, but I find the default system type a little too thin and hard to read, especially on certain backgrounds.
But he never got that Olympic gold, and will forever be known as a nearly man who spread himself a little too thin.
Do his various legal threats not suggest that, for a freedom-loving human rights advocate, his skin might just be a little too thin?
I had to try and catch it a little thin, to keep it underneath the branches, but I caught it a little too thin and it went in the water.
But the premise that love turns us all into whores (Helen becomes an unwilling prostitute, eventually raped) and Ms. Marchese's permanently ironic mien are a little too thin to entirely sustain the second half of the piece.
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"I think Mr. Spota's a little too thin-skinned," Mr. Shargel said outside the courthouse.
Mandarins tend to be a little too thin-skinned for this work though.
Add to the watercress and basil in the food processor, and blitz to a very smooth sauce – if it's a little too thick for your liking, thin the sauce with a tablespoon or two of oil.
I might have been too thin to her, or getting a little too thick in the hips.
If may sound as if designers have been breathing a little too much oxygen-thin air, but the mountaineering look is actually quite a practical one.
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