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Would it be grammatically correct to omit the word "much" from the following phrase?

How much you've been missed.

Would the resultant sentence "how you've been missed" be grammatically correct? If so, would it sound natural?

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How you've been missed.

is fine, either used as an exclamatory sentence, sometimes preceded by oh, or as an object clause. For example:

And how you've been missed. Every day Mr. Gonzalez has been on the phone begging for you. (A Confederacy of Dunces: A Novel, John Kennedy Toole). - exclamation

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“Kristýna, is it really you?” “I hope so.” “You'll never know how you've been missed. (The Trade, Thomas Kirkwood) - direct object

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