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

Recent Examples on the Web

But is the Kelly bombshell—and maybe more late-breaking good news for her campaign—too little, too late to save the VP? —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024

The dominant question hanging over Wall Street is whether the cuts will prove to be too little, too late after the Fed earlier kept rates at a two-decade high in hopes of slowing the economy enough to stamp out high inflation. —Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024

But the worry on Wall Street is that the Fed may be moving too little, too late and that the slowing U.S. economy could fall into a recession. —CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024

Elliott has said that after a long run of bad business, the moves are too little, too late. —Melvin Backman, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024