try-hard not polite

His consistent use of the tacky looking fan backdrop is almost laughable while simultaneously looking forced, bordering on 'try-hard'.

"My criticism would be I hate what you're wearing because it's a little bit try-hard and I saw bits of Taylor Hicks coming through."

Sketch-writers portray Perry as a try-hard and a boot-licker, because of her habit of making gushing endorsements of, usually, the Chancellor in debates.

No doubt, I think, I'm going to come across in these photos like bald mutton dressed as gigot d'agneau, like a try-hard who should not have ideas above his station.

Like many explorers, its jumped shipped to gamble with becoming an info-tech try-hard, although unlike others, it seems to be holding the interest in many of its leases to a minor degree.