not think much of
idiom
: 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.
Examples of not think much of in a Sentence
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The surviving pilot said the instructor's head rolled back shortly after takeoff, but admittedly did not think much of it.
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Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Then again, those recruiting rankings did not think much of Stetson Bennett.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022
The Times Editorial Board, which is separate from The Times’ newsroom, does not think much of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment Court to help people struggling with debilitating mental illness and homelessness.
—Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
History clearly records that towering 19th-century Black abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass did not think much of Fourth of July celebrations.
—Dallas News, 6 July 2021
Trump did not think much of Bush’s 9/11 leadership.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
Psychologist Aldert Vrij of the University of Portsmouth in England, one of the most active researchers of lying, does not think much of nonverbal characteristics of deception either.
—Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2021
Jim Baker does not think much of Donald Trump.
—NBC News, 27 Sep. 2020
Aleman, who is on the student leadership council at Sheridan, did not think much of it after the race.
—Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2020
Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Then again, those recruiting rankings did not think much of Stetson Bennett.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022
The Times Editorial Board, which is separate from The Times’ newsroom, does not think much of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment Court to help people struggling with debilitating mental illness and homelessness.
—Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
History clearly records that towering 19th-century Black abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass did not think much of Fourth of July celebrations.
—Dallas News, 6 July 2021
Trump did not think much of Bush’s 9/11 leadership.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
Psychologist Aldert Vrij of the University of Portsmouth in England, one of the most active researchers of lying, does not think much of nonverbal characteristics of deception either.
—Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2021
Jim Baker does not think much of Donald Trump.
—NBC News, 27 Sep. 2020
Aleman, who is on the student leadership council at Sheridan, did not think much of it after the race.
—Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2020
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