not think much of

phrase

: to not like (someone or something) very much
They didn't think much of my idea.
Though the singer was very popular, she didn't think much of him.

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Bardot did not think much of her own acting. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025 Shelby County Public Library Director Pam Federspiel did not think much of it when an unidentified man checked out 16 books on LGBTQ+ topics from the Shelby County Public Library in Spring 2024. Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025 McCollum had not seen her for a few days and did not think much of it until Preston's daughter's third birthday party. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025 Sure, the leaders of a software company might not think much of, say, directing a salesperson to arrange a fake meeting with their rival’s sales representative. Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 The surviving pilot said the instructor's head rolled back shortly after takeoff, but admittedly did not think much of it. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023 Then again, those recruiting rankings did not think much of Stetson Bennett. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022 Most of their counterparts in the South do not think much of either option and reject the false choice between pure predation and deforestation, on the one hand, and untouched wilderness, on the other. Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2012

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“Not think much of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20think%20much%20of. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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