手遅れ (ておくれ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

手遅れ (ておくれ) means too late / belated treatment.

See example sentences below.

手遅れ at a glance

手遅れ

ておくれteokure

N1noun

too late / belated treatment

手遅れておくれteokureN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

too late / belated treatment

Example 1

病気が手遅れになった。

Translation

The illness became too late to treat.

Example 2

知らせるのが手遅れだった。

Translation

It was too late to inform them.