not much

phrase

1

: to not be very good, important, or impressive

The food wasn't much.

2

: a small amount of (something)

That wasn't much help.

There isn't much difference between the two.

There's not much food in the house.

Examples of not much in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That tells you that this is not consolidated at all, and there is not much vertical integration. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

The Madhouse on Castle Street was not much of a play; and Dylan, whatever his natural comedic talents, was even less of an actor. — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Temperatures are not much better across the San Joaquin Valley and foothills, with highs in the upper 90s and low 100s coming close to smashing records. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Corey Riday-White, of the Center for Climate Integrity, said for the justices interested in ruling based on the text of the Constitution or federal statutes, there is not much to support Suncor and Exxon. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for not much

• nonesuch
• retouch
• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• mutch
• such
• touch
• insomuch
• overmuch