not much

idiom

: to not be very good, important, or impressive

The food wasn't much.

: 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 However, not much is known about his personal dating life. —

Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024 Unfortunately, there’s not much research to back up the impact of alkaline water and alkaline foods on health.1 The little research there is shows there can be some positive impacts of the alkaline diet. —

Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2024 There’s not much that is relatable about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: from her rise to British royal notoriety to her achingly aspirational lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. —

Leah Dolan, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024 Lewis-Martin was not much comforted, but the e-mails leave ambiguous how much she was truly threatened by Whitehead. —

Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not much

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