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.
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But for some teachers union members, Mulgrew’s reversal on Medicare Advantage is too little, too late.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
But many South Koreans rejected the mea culpa as too little, too late.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
But that funding had been slashed in previous years amid a state budget crisis, and the extra boost was too little, too late.
—ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Read More The Year Democrats Lost the Internet Democratic digital strategists and creators argue that the party’s influencer outreach was too little, too late—and that without a coherent message, even the best strategy won't matter.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
But many South Koreans rejected the mea culpa as too little, too late.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
But that funding had been slashed in previous years amid a state budget crisis, and the extra boost was too little, too late.
—ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Read More The Year Democrats Lost the Internet Democratic digital strategists and creators argue that the party’s influencer outreach was too little, too late—and that without a coherent message, even the best strategy won't matter.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Too little, too late.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20little%2C%20too%20late. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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