lip-deep

English

Adjective

lip-deep (not comparable)

1. Spoken or claimed but not actually believed; insincere.

   Coordinate term: skin-deep

   • 1870, Edward Garbett, The Soul's Life: Its Commencement, Progress and Maturity, page 115:

     Let us bring no more vain oblations, nor the empty formality of a lip-deep service.

Related terms

• lip devotion
• lip-labour
• lip service
• lip wisdom