‘little or no’ premodifies a noun phrase to literally mean a small or zero amount. It has a negative context and is often used to be critical.
In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 56 in the category of NOUNS is defined:
complex noun phrases with ‘little or no’ + noun.
Here are the 50 most common iWeb examples of noun phrases following little or no * *
1 LITTLE OR NO EFFECT ON 726
2 LITTLE OR NO COST . 512
3 LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF 422
4 LITTLE OR NO IMPACT ON 330
5 LITTLE OR NO COST TO 283
6 LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO 278
7 LITTLE OR NO WARNING . 259
8 LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE IN 257
9 LITTLE OR NO INTEREST IN 191
10 LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE WITH 191
11 LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE OF 165
12 LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF 157
13 LITTLE OR NO UNDERSTANDING OF 145
14 LITTLE OR NO CHANGE IN 140
15 LITTLE OR NO NOTICE . 137
16 LITTLE OR NO EFFORT . 127
17 LITTLE OR NO MONEY . 119
18 LITTLE OR NO ATTENTION TO 115
19 LITTLE OR NO COST , 102
20 LITTLE OR NO REGARD FOR 100
21 LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OVER 97
Noise is stress, especially if we have little or no control over it.
22 LITTLE OR NO VALUE . 88
23 LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE . 86
24 LITTLE OR NO EVIDENCE OF 81
25 LITTLE OR NO BACKGROUND IN 80
26 LITTLE OR NO SUPERVISION. 76
A collocated search:
1 WITH 186
2 MUST 18
3 UNDER 17
4 ABILITY 10
5 PERSON 10
The employee will be working under a flexible schedule with little or no supervision with respect to those assignments.
27 LITTLE OR NO WARNING , 74
28 LITTLE OR NO MONEY DOWN 71
29 LITTLE OR NO HELP FROM 70
30 LITTLE OR NO INPUT FROM 68
31 LITTLE OR NO TRAINING . 65
32 LITTLE OR NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE 65
33 LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 63
34 LITTLE OR NO CREDIT HISTORY 61
35 LITTLE OR NO PAY . 60
36 LITTLE OR NO EXTRA COST 60
37 LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE IN 60
38 LITTLE OR NO CONTACT WITH 58
39 LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE , 58
40 LITTLE OR NO ENGLISH . 57
41 LITTLE OR NO MODIFICATION. 55
1 WITH 124
2 EXISTING 9
Biodiesel can be used in any concentration with petroleum-based diesel fuel
with little or no modification to existing diesel engines.
3 CONSIDERED 9
4 INVOLVE 5
5 PROVIDES 5
42 LITTLE OR NO CONTROL . 53
43 LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE . 53
44 LITTLE OR NO RISK . 53
45 LITTLE OR NO SIDE EFFECTS 49
46 LITTLE OR NO CHANGE FROM 49
47 LITTLE OR NO EFFECT . 49
48 LITTLE OR NO LOSS OF 48
49 LITTLE OR NO EVIDENCE TO 48
50 LITTLE OR NO EVIDENCE THAT 48
B2 vocabulary:
evidence, impact, input, loss, risk
C1:
modification, supervision