not much
idiom
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.
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Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s not much that hasn’t been written about the perks of visiting Athens, Greece.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s not much time left to learn.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
There is insight into other historical financial disasters (a scene involving the stock market crash of 1929 is particularly haunting), but not much mention of the impacts of Reaganomics in the 1980s, and the late 2000s dynamics of subprime mortgages and home foreclosures.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Not much.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20much. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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