too little, too late

idiom

: not enough and not soon enough to make a difference

Her efforts to improve her grade were too little, too late.

Examples of too little, too late in a Sentence

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But those efforts now seem likely to be too little, too late. —Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024

The late flurry turned out to be too little, too late for Indiana, but head coach Rick Carlisle was pleased with his squad’s effort. —Sam Joseph, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024

Against the weight of these troubles, Beijing’s response to date can only be described as too little, too late. —Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024

Sixty days of waiting for the construction of a pier — to respond to imminent famine — could mean too little, too late. —Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024

While officials promise the new aid will be offered to as many survivors as legally possible, some worry that the money is too little, too late. —Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024

But one half of net carbon emission by 2050 is far too little, too late. —Sheila Thorne, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024

The late-season adjustments could feel like too little, too late for a defense that has been spiraling for weeks. —Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023

But the late-January event last year was too little, too late. —The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024