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The phrase "all a bit desperate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or behavior that seems overly eager or lacking in hope, often in a negative context.
Example: "The way he pleaded for her attention felt all a bit desperate."
Alternatives: "somewhat pathetic" or "a little too eager".
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It was all a bit desperate though.
When it comes to love, I think we're all a bit desperate in a way.
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If it all seems a bit desperate, there's good reason.
It all looks a bit desperate but Antonio Conte wants something different, a target man — particularly for the Champions League matches against Barcelona — and another option to make sure of a top-four place.
But all of the whizzy design looks a bit desperate, and that's because it is.
Selling coverage of your wedding or photographs of your baby to the media, for example, is seen as broadly understandable – money being money after all – but also greedy and crass, a bit desperate.
All we know is that he takes himself quite seriously, is a bit lame and a bit desperate.
But this move seems a bit desperate.
OK, 'node' is a bit desperate.
Sounds a bit desperate, doesn't it?
Everyone is a "bit desperate," the official acknowledged.
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