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.

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Given how much aid the United States has already provided to Ukraine, there is not much room for Washington to expand the flow of arms quantitatively, and further qualitative increases would entail unacceptable escalation risks. —

Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024 Remarkably, not much has changed since that 2002 program. —

Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024 And while advancements in autonomy have driven up the share price of stocks such as Tesla , analysts suspect not much value has been priced in for the potential of humanoid robots, creating an opportunity for investors who want to bet on the emerging technology. —

Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024 The last time Donald Trump was president, Republican lawmakers eliminated 15 rules with little fuss and not much publicity. —

Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not much