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The phrase “is a bit overkill” is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to emphasize that something is excessive or unnecessary. For example, you might say “Buying a high-end gaming laptop for writing emails is a bit overkill.”
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Everything is a bit overkill for my use case, though.
The more RAM a phone has the more apps and tabs in the browser they can have open at the same time, but frankly 6GB is a bit overkill for what's possible at the moment.
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Yeah, I'm thinking that's a bit overkill.
"I didn't want to go to hospital as I thought that was a bit overkill but my physio persuaded me to.
It's a bit overkill, I think, to replace a checker or self-checkout stand with a hundred cameras that unblinkingly record every tiny movement.
It may be a bit overkill, but their new "security token" is probably as secure as you're going to get.
I suspect the lifetime subscription of $79 is a bit of overkill, however, considering most services will be HTML5 compatible in the next year.
People love 3D printing, but the technology is advanced enough to ensure that a 3D file sent to services like Ponoko and Shapeways would come out as expected and so the real need to have a desktop 3D printer is a bit of overkill.
"The intercooler might have been a bit of overkill," he said.
Our Colorado imports -- rugged, fat-wheeled mountain bikes -- were a bit of overkill for genteel cycling through rice paddies and along a landscaped coastal road called the Flower Line.
I can also set an alarm not only for, say, 8 30 a.m., but for a specific time on any day within a calendar year, although I have always thought this feature to be a bit of overkill.
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