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

There was not much flashy about them, but the quality was always there. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

For anyone reading ahead of a subsequent date, not much here will count as spoilers. — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 July 2026

The flashbacks this week are also quite thrilling, even if there’s not much to say about them yet, given that what’s happening to the Keene siblings remains shrouded in mystery. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026

That’s not much, and given that primary care and internal medicine doctors are already juggling lots of competing demands, getting into a detailed dialogue about quitting cigarettes is often an afterthought. — Sarah Todd, STAT, 17 July 2026

Rhymes for not much

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