it has too much potential vs it has a lot of potential

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey the same meaning, but 'it has a lot of potential' is more commonly used in everyday language.

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it has too much potential

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase is used to express that something has an excessive amount of potential, which may not always be seen as positive.

Examples:

I think the project has too much potential for failure.
She believes the new product has too much potential to disrupt the market.

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Not too much for something with so much potential.
You have got too much potential to be screwing up your life like this.
There is much potential for better energy efficiency.
He just had so much potential.
We're a good people, a society with much potential.
I mean, this character has a dream and she has so much potential.
The general appreciation is that there is still much potential in this area.
And you had so much potential.
You've got so much potential, Eli.
You've got so much potential, Eli.
You've so much potential, Aisha.
I feel like he has so much potential.
Heaps of space, and so much potential.
I just think there's so much potential.
And you had so much potential.
You have so much potential, Chloe.
Nora had so much potential... a voice like you wouldn't believe.
You've got so much potential right now.
You saw that I had too much potential, didn't you?
Your blood is discolored because it has too much sulfur in it.

Alternatives:

it has a lot of potential
it has great potential
it is very promising
it shows a high level of potential
it is full of potential

it has a lot of potential

This phrase is correct and more commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase is used to express that something has a significant amount of potential, which is generally seen as positive.

Examples:

The new employee has a lot of potential for growth.
The project has a lot of potential to succeed.

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Well, it is true that it has a lot of potential, but with a grid we have a challenge.
But equally, it has opportunities and a lot of potential.
IGAD as the regional organisation of the Horn of Africa certainly can play an important role for resolving the various problems in the Horn, even though at the moment it still has a lot of unrealised potential.
He thinks the young man has a lot of potential.
Madam President, Commissioner, Mrs Langenhagen, the GALILEO project is technologically interesting and already has a lot of potential applications.
Okay, just hear me out, because the show actually has a lot of potential.
So why are you really hanging out with him? Somehow I sense he has a lot of potential.
It is true that a well-organised tourist sector has a lot of potential for helping improve the situation of people in many developing countries.
And this, this has a lot of potential, a lot of promise, and the government of India recently licensed this technology from us, and they're going to try it out with millions of different children trying to teach them English.
I saw a lot of potential in him.
And he brought a lot of potential business with him.
And you have a lot of potential.
I've met a few young reporters with a lot of potential.
You've got a lot of potential in you.
There's a lot of potential for bloodshed.
You've got a lot of potential, sport.
A lot of potential in that boy.
There's a lot of potential here, Hermann.
You got a lot of potential, kid.
There's a lot of potential ways in.

Alternatives:

it has too much potential
it has great potential
it is very promising
it shows a high level of potential
it is full of potential

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it has too much potential vs it has a lot of potential