Idiom Breakdown

too little, too late

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Definition

Used as a predicate or a pro-sentence to indicate insufficiency.

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"That's just half what was due last week. Too little, too late."
"Committing half his reserves nearly three hours after the attack was too little, too late."
"Jones forced a header over the line after Danny Welbeck was denied from close range and fellow substitute Federico Macheda hit the woodwork, but it was too little, too late."
"The Spanish government’s efforts to tackle the economic turmoil unleashed by the Covid pandemic were “too little, too late and too few”, according to a report that finds thousands of people are still reliant on emergency food aid and facing even greater hardship as prices soar."

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